confidante
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Oddly, she appears as a sort of confidante with whom Odysseus speaks at intervals, and might be a figment of his imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The party's new leader, Gavin Robinson, who had been a confidante of Donaldson, chose his language carefully, saying there should have been more "cautious realism" about promoting the deal.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
One scene in particular, in which Coley explores Sonya’s room, touching everything, hums with the strange excitement of being a specially invited new confidante.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
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
He became my confidante, someone with whom I could share thoughts I could never voice inside the fence.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
From then on, the two would remain friends, correspondents, confidantes, sounding boards, and inspirations to one another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
He was found to have been staying near his hometown of Castelvetrano in western Sicily, his fugitive lifestyle facilitated by his sister and close confidantes.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
"He said he could still give executive orders and accomplish a lot. He told me not to worry", said Linton, a conservative politician and one of the president's close confidantes at the time.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025
“His closest confidantes didn’t realize it at the time, but interviews on male-focused podcasts would become a throughline of his extraordinary political resurrection.”
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
They were the best confidantes for a lonely little girl.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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