confide
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“School should be a place where young people can feel safe and confident they can confide in a teacher.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
It might be tempting to confide in colleagues that you’re having a hard time connecting with your manager, but that probably isn’t a good idea, Williams says.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026
Nurses who complete the programme will receive a badge to let patients know they can confide in them.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
People told them that they wanted Zuzi to be "an aunt figure" - someone warm and trustworthy, who they could confide in without fear of judgment.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025
Perhaps Dumbledore did not think it right to confide suspicions about his staff to sixteen-year-olds...
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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