Word: confessed
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...real is it? Sure, it’s entertaining to see Jessica confess that she assumed “Chicken of the Sea” really was chicken, or that she always thought “platypus” was pronounced “platy-ma-pus.” This is the stuff “Simpsons” jokes are made of. But suppose Jessica were to say something marginally insightful. Suppose Nick were to confess to Jessica that—his emotional abuse notwithstanding—he loved her more than he ever could love another woman...
...punch process was grueling. “Anyone who wanted to join had to confess something weird about themselves, thereby creating a circle of trust between the members,” says Chevalier...
...children. A horny, socially inept waiter (Kris Marshall) flies all the way to Wisconsin hoping for the sex he can't get in London and, of all things, finds it. A couple of movie stand-ins repeatedly get naked for the cameraman, boredly discuss London traffic and don't confess their love until they get their clothes...
...journalist. Then the journalist was pressed to tell who spilled, who gave him the scoop. It was a case of the ultimate betrayal, and I held my breath, even after they announced Kelly’s suicide. Who was to blame? Who hounded too hard, and who did not confess when he should have? Whoever it was sealed his death, and as the BBC newscasters ruefully admitted on the night after he was found, they played him like he was nothing more than a trump card, when he was a human being. A somber recognition, but one that was somehow...
Inflicting bodily harm can actually be a poor method of extracting information. A detainee is likely to be so eager to end his pain he will confess to anything, even untruths, notes Rick Smith, a retired 25-year veteran...