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or whistle-blower
as in reporter
a person who provides information about wrongdoing (as of an employer)
There are laws to protect whistleblowers who reveal govermental malfeasance.
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Recent Examples of whistleblower
Apparently, OpenAI decided that the user’s privacy and the potential stress of an encounter with cops outweighed the risks of violence, whistleblowers told The Wall Street Journal.
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Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
The whistleblower claims that the museum improperly moved funds between various accounts in order to meet severe cash crunches.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The newspaper found the department had paid out nearly $3 million to settle claims with employees over pay, age, gender and disability discrimination, whistleblower protection violations, and retaliatory firings, among other accusations.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
Jurors had unanimously ruled in favor of Ramirez and found the city liable for retaliation related to her whistleblower complaints.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
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Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
The whistleblower claims that the museum improperly moved funds between various accounts in order to meet severe cash crunches.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The newspaper found the department had paid out nearly $3 million to settle claims with employees over pay, age, gender and disability discrimination, whistleblower protection violations, and retaliatory firings, among other accusations.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
Jurors had unanimously ruled in favor of Ramirez and found the city liable for retaliation related to her whistleblower complaints.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whistleblower
Noun
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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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Paris Barraza is a reporter covering Los Angeles and Southern California for the USA TODAY Network.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Hong Kong — China’s top spy agency has come out of the shadows to warn that its young people are being duped by foreign forces into shirking hard work and prioritizing their individual emotions at the expense of national development.—
Sylvie Zhuang,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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Lu’s lawyer, John Carman portrayed the case as a mundane bureaucratic blip, not an international spy thriller.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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