news of

phrase

: information or a report about (something that happened)
It was late summer when news of his death arrived.

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After two wars in nine months, there was a sense of tired resignation when news of the airstrikes hit Tehran Wednesday. Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 In October 2020, Burnham happened to be holding a news conference on live TV, when an aide passed him a phone with news of another lockdown — and the mayor reacted angrily, lashing out at the central government. Lauren Frayer, NPR, 9 July 2026 As news of their split broke, fans noticed that Qualley quietly deleted wedding pictures from her and Antonoff’s 2023 New Jersey wedding. Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026 Fresh off news of yet another round of layoffs, the folks in Redmond are reportedly looking at all that Anthropic and OpenAI integration in Excel and Outlook and thinking, well, why not use the homegrown stuff that’s free? Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for news of

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“News of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/news%20of. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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