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confession

[kuhn-fesh-uhn] / kənˈfɛʃ ən /


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Social media users seemed split after his bombshell confession to being a traitor, with some totally exasperated and others saying they respected him for going out on his own terms.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

But the FBI agents who took Kao’s confession — two experienced anti-corruption investigators — could see that much of it lined up with a trove of records they had seized from Navatek.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

My favorite part was the home stretch of tunes from “Music, Fashion, Film”: “Camera,” a startlingly frank confession of her movie-star aspirations; “Magic Metal Montana,” a deeply tender ode to her friend and collaborator A.G.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Police returned to the place after securing a confession.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The capture and confession of Klaus Fuchs were like a dam breaking in Lamphere's and Gardner's years-long accumulation of clues, leads, and evidence of an active Soviet espionage ring in the United States.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

His confessions opened up an entirely new phase of the investigation.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

As he prepares to retire, Bishop McKeown has been reflecting on being part of being part of important moments in history and as well as being stopped on the street for confessions.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

In recent years, a stream of DNA exonerations has shown how widespread false confessions really are.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Compounding the novel’s Gothic gloom is the sense that these confessions do not provide their speakers any absolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Our big questions were slightly camouflaged confessions, really.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison


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