as in gossiper
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others
the neighborhood newsmonger came over to tell us that the Clarksons were putting in a pool
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Sources told the gossip site in March that the legal woes weren’t a factor in their choice as their decision was made months before their drama with Baldoni unfolded.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
3 May 2025 -
Come for the scene-y details and celebrity gossip, stay for McNally’s genuine self-revelation.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
1 May 2025
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He had been suspended for flouting weight regulations, stripped of his informants and demoted to monitoring wiretaps.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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His lawyers and family deny any gang connections and say the allegations are largely based on information from a 2019 informant.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Singh says that the Kashmir policy of India's Hindu nationalist government has alienated residents of Kashmir, and cost the Indian army its vital network of local informers.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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The book’s cast of characters is immense, including spies and informers, dubious bankers, Mafiosos, terrorists, radical priests who support the poor, and conservatives who back right-wing dictators.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Newsmonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsmonger. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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