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Counselors and adolescent psychologists say students’ loneliness and social skills are worsening as they confide in AI tools—and it can be particularly risky for vulnerable kids.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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

"She was looking for a father figure to speak to and confide in and from whom to get guidance," the tribunal said.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

She started to confide in friends about stress, or things that bothered her, which otherwise would have stayed inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

I’ve often imagined how nice it would be if someone were to confide everything to me.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

But some do remain perturbed, including another teenager in the Scottish borders, 16-year-old Ellie, who says: "I was so scared of him when I was little," Ellie confides.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

In Naiguata, a small coastal town famous for its traditional "dancing devils" festival, Cesar Rendon, 49, a former inmate who lived in the town's halfway house, confides that he "unburdened himself" with Apostol.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

She confides her joy in working there and also tells John that he was abandoned as a baby on the steps of the store.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

But Felix confides that while many students still keep phones in their pockets - so long as teachers do not see - he believes keeping the screens out of sight has made them more present.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

“Maddy says I talk too much,” she confides.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

While wrestling with his response to the Roebucks, Walters confided in Collins, his half brother.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

She could have shown indignation and confided her pain in interviews.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

But alone in the living room, Nasir, 47, confided that his younger daughter "is depressed and does not always have strong morale to continue learning on her own at home."

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

We have spoken to three people in whom Florence confided since 2018 about her meeting with Sullivan.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

“We’ve been waiting for you,” he confided, tearing off the stub of the boarding pass, with Shadow’s seat assignment—17-D—on it.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

One reporter at the briefing with me made me feel very old by confiding that YouTube - included in the ban - had been an essential resource for them at school.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Davis agreed, confiding that he’d previously told the “Two People Exchanging Saliva” team “in confidence, that if we lost, I hope we lost to them.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

Anthony never married, and she considered herself to some degree Stanton’s amanuensis, confiding to an intimate that she felt that her best work had been “making the way clear” for her friend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

As more emails emerge, there's a growing impression of how much Ferguson seemed to depend on Epstein, telling him he was her "pillar" and confiding "I have been so so sad".

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

“Do you know what Cordelia says she wants to be when she grows up?” she says, in her husky, mock-serious, confiding voice.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood