as in to confess
to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly
owned up to damaging the car
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As the veteran investigator and his suspect began their drive, Jones confessed to Ford.—
Lauren A. White,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025 -
The tattooed singer isn't the first celebrity to recently confess to having a bathroom emergency on stage.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Arteta admitted post-Brentford that those moments depend on the opponent’s behaviour, with man-orientated pressing sometimes helping to create gaps that Rice tried to exploit in the first half before getting a clearer run from the corner in the second half.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Emergency Medical Services transported Gonzales to a hospital and he was admitted under critical condition.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2025
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While results at the time tasted similar to the real thing, its inventors conceded that the texture didn’t quite work.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
24 Apr. 2025
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Berlin has changed a lot since Soho House opened here, Bryan conceded, when asked how the organization keeps its cachet after all these years.—
Cathrin Schaer,
Footwear News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Walls acknowledges that the union may not ultimately be able to stop Newsom’s return-to-office order and convince the state to secure a raise.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The sheriff of Island County, Mark Brown, apologized to Fred and acknowledged, in a public report, that his own staff was responsible.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Despite their differences, all agree on one thing: America's plummeting birthrate is a major problem, and, unless something changes, society may be doomed.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Stafford agreed to basically a one-year deal, but not before his representatives were given permission to seek a suitable partner in a trade.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Own (up to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/own%20%28up%20to%29. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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