confidante
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Myanmar campaigners denounced on Tuesday US lobbyist Roger Stone, a close confidante of President Donald Trump, for accepting $50,000 a month to "rebuild" the Southeast Asian government's relations with Washington.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Alumni from “Yellowstone” returning in “Marshals” include Gil Birmingham as tribal Chairman Thomas Rainwater and Mo Brings Plenty as his confidante Mo.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
She became a close confidante of the CEO and gained his trust by giving honest critiques of some of his ideas, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
Ms. Wiles seems, in the piece, to have been allowed, perhaps even encouraged, to view her interlocutor as her friend, her jolly confidante.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
She had always been his ultimate confidante, the person he could trust with his self-doubts, vanities, and overflowing opinions.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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