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confessions
Noun
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Still, don’t expect too many direct confessions.—
Ben Croll,
IndieWire,
15 May 2026 -
Investigators chased thousands of leads and several false confessions before the four men, who were teenagers when the girls were killed, were arrested in late 1999.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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“Extenuations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extenuations. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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