newsmongers

plural of newsmonger
as in gossips
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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informants
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  • One of the agency’s informants attended the wedding, as a guest.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Police learned in September that Garnett was selling meth and made several purchases of meth from Garnett using confidential informants, according to a probable cause affidavit.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Newsmongers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsmongers. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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