self-confessed
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The self-confessed rap fan even threw in some hip-hop lyrics, declaring Iran's leaders to be, in the words of Cypress Hill, "insane in the brain."
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
The self-confessed spy agreed to plead guilty and tell the FBI everything he knew, in an effort to secure leniency for his wife, Rosario, who faced related charges.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Economist Savvas Savouri is a self-confessed data geek: “I live and breathe numbers,” he says.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
A self-confessed politics nerd as a child, the young Jetten grew up in a small town in the southern province of Brabant and came out when he was young.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
Why fabricate a tale in which one comes off as a self-confessed dunce?
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
