"I like to think of seaweed as sea plants, " she said after I confided that seaweed has always creeped me out.

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"I'm so happy when I watch the Oscars, " she confided.

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"I'm worried, " one prosecutor confided.

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"It urged them to vote for change, and I am pleased that they did not, " he confided.

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But when I mentioned my trip to her home country, she confided for the first time how many nights she's spent crying.

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"I don't miss the city the way I thought I'd miss the city, " Ms. Essman confided.

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"I haven't competed in a race yet, " she confided, referring to the Spartan Sprints, which are held in 60 cities around the globe.

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"I was thinking more vegetarian on the Upper East Side, " he confided.

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"I'm not good at math, and there's a lot of calculations involved, " she confided.

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