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as in gossiper
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others
statehouse talebearers had long spread stories about the governor's extramarital affairs
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as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
the teacher told him not to be such a talebearer, as she was quite capable of detecting student misbehavior on her own
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Over six months, the office turned into a hub for nearly 20 hardcore criminals, bikers and gang members, as well as high-flying lawyers, businessmen and major contractors, all involved in tax fraud, disposal of contaminated soil, money laundering and sometimes even torture of informants.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025 -
The investigation started with a tip from a confidential informant, police said.—
Nate Gartrell,
The Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2025
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When the hotel opened in 1904, its founding matriarch and Gilded Age socialite Caroline Astor took a liking to having afternoon tea served on-property (specifically to her closest friends in the drawing room for society gossip).—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2025
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And as the resident gossip expert, no one is more equipped to handle the trickiest aspects of gab, even when gossip just might be the villain of the story.—
Kelsey McKinney,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Ukrainian soldiers began to see Russian civilians as a hindrance — or worse, as potential informers who could give away their positions.—
Ekaterina Bodyagina Nanna Heitmann,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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The arrests were part of wide-ranging Establishment attacks on the new generation of pop stars in Britain at the time, done through connivance with informers and a hostile conservative media.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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This situation makes the NIH a golden goose for universities, and also a canary in a coal mine.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2025
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In short, the Amazon is the planet’s canary in the coal mine—its health is directly tied to its survival.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Talebearer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talebearer. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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