Sentence examples for ago admitted from inspiring English sources

The phrase "ago admitted" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It cannot be used as it stands because "ago" typically refers to a point in time in the past, while "admitted" is a past participle that requires a subject.
Example: "He admitted his mistake last week."
Alternatives: "previously acknowledged" or "earlier confessed".

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Martine Aubry, who was elected party leader six months ago, admitted that her party had "not been credible".

He had long ago admitted paying the illicit money and had spent a decade paying a penalty.

Unlike Bob Dylan, who a few years ago admitted he no longer recognised the younger self that wrote incendiary songs, Waters claims that he still feels affinity with "poor little fucked-up Roger", as he calls him in the documentary.

The Twitter post was an unmistakable tweak of Mitt Romney, who years ago admitted that he had once put the family dog in a kennel strapped to the top of the family station wagon.

The chief pathologist long ago admitted to the Warren Commission, the official government inquiry into the assassination, that he had burned the notes and original draft report in his own fireplace.

(Silvio Raffiotta, the magistrate who led the legal attack on the Met 20 years ago, admitted that Italy's "negligence and silence" were as much to blame as tomb robbers for the silver ending up in the United States).

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Feb. 25: The Bush campaign, which had $70 million a few months ago, admits it is short of money.

She finally returned to Minsk a couple of years ago, admitting that her plan to wait out the reign of the Belarusian dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, had failed.

Diplomats who warned Haftar against an attack weeks ago admit they either misread his intentions or did not spell out the consequences forcefully enough.

With a lottery-financed scholarship program providing free tuition to almost all in-state freshmen, the university is twice as selective as it was 15 years ago, admitting fewer than 4 in 10 applicants.

Matt O'Connor, who founded the group after a bitter dispute over access to his own sons 14 years ago, admits that they hated his activism when they were younger, "and I don't think they've warmed to it – Dad's never hip, never, so it's put your heads down and don't mention it".

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