confessed
Example Sentences
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When quizzed by the organisers, the miscreants confessed that they had sanded them into a better shape - and were duly disqualified.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
These are utterly baseless, as Lindsay Clancy has confessed.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
The investigation was reopened in 2016 when US authorities learned that Masud had been arrested following Gaddafi's fall, and had confessed his involvement in the bombing to the new Libyan authorities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Years later, after the statute of limitations had expired, the three actual perpetrators — Steward, Bailey and Teamer — all confessed, according to the center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
All that anyone knew was that any Wall Street firm deep in the subprime market was probably on the hook for a lot more of them than they had confessed.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
