leaker

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Recent Examples of leaker The prosecution team had also been investigated over the incident, and the court has not publicly identified the leaker. Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026 Intel hasn't announced this new chip yet, but serial leaker Jaykihn0 on Twitter/X claims that Intel has added a new chip to its Nova Lake desktop lineup. Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026 Trump said Iran did not know that a second service member was missing until the leaker shared information. Max Burman, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026 Trump aides and allies denounced Kent as a leaker immediately after his resignation became public. Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026 And the fact that the leaker was a contractor of the IRS at the time of the leaks, not an employee, could potentially get the case tossed on its own. Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026 Samsung’s Exact Galaxy S26 Launch Schedule Leaks The Galaxy s26 series will be available for pre-order between February 26th and March 4th (a 7-day window), according to reliable Samsung leaker Ice Universe. Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026 Barack Obama’s commutation of the prison sentence of Army private and document-leaker Chelsea Manning was widely condemned as a live threat to national security. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaker
Noun
  • There’s a new MCU blabbermouth in town.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Hsu had no problem playing an out-and-out villain for long stretches of that film, but her Ruby is more of an oblivious blabbermouth prone to shocking bouts of callousness, like failing to remember the names of people she’s inadvertently condemned to die.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Paris Barraza is a reporter covering Los Angeles and Southern California for the USA TODAY Network.
    Paris Barraza, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
    Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Many were, and are, attracted to Pynchon because of the abnormal discloser in his books, especially in a pre-internet age.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Internet celebrity gossip hound Perez Hilton is about to take heat from the LIBS over this one.
    Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • Today’s Four Seasons Hotel Boston is less known as a clandestine spot for vetting gossip and more about modern luxury.
    Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026

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“Leaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaker. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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