- present tense form of confess (3rd person singular).
confesses
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Not that he wants to be a poet: “I don’t want to write,” he confesses to his friend June, who, for practical reasons, has decided to become an insurance underwriter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Tahereh confesses to having no remorse over her husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Even at 79 — he’ll hit octogenarian status in December — Kaye confesses he hasn’t slowed down as a collector.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
"I'm a physics teacher and I've got a terrible sense of humour," he confesses, so he particularly likes it if the students pick up on his fondness for corny puns.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
His greatest weakness is instant lottery tickets, what he calls “los scratch,” and he sheepishly confesses that he can squander as much as $75 a week on them.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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