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talebearing

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Adjective
  • Reading and interacting with students’ original thoughts in class helps teachers understand how students think and articulate.
    Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
  • That change may look like the ambitious and growing national people’s budgets movement, which brings together local residents and community groups to protest budget cuts on essential services, articulate budget priorities and democratize the budget process.
    Celina Su, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Starmer’s Labour colleague David Lammy, who arranged the talks, thought that Obama could offer useful advice to Starmer, the son of a working-class toolmaker.
    Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Alternativa is addressing the issue by creating a distribution arm that has already been in talks with platforms, TV channels, in-flight systems and other ancillary distribution modes.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • These poppers start with the crisp, juicy snap of mini sweet peppers, which are filled with a creamy, tangy pimiento cheese spiked with smoky bacon and a whisper of black pepper.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 5 May 2026
  • The early universe, a mere whisper after the Big Bang, just a few hundred million years old — that's when the first stars and galaxies were starting to flicker on, like fairy lights across a cosmic dark.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 4 May 2026
Adjective
  • Petrie, Doz and Morrow play multiple roles, including a gossipy Greek chorus and the band of merry fisherman (truly an astonishing array of Canadian accent work on display).
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • In recent years, the game has seen another uptick in popularity—especially with younger players who in prior generations might have been the ones rolling their eyes at their elders’ gossipy game nights—and an increase in controversies.
    Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 10 Mar. 2026
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
Adjective
  • That being said, its professional technical aspects just add to the impression that this is a glib and insincere effort, trying to graft a fun moviegoing experience onto a depressing story about hateful people reveling in each other’s pain.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Actually, tearjerkers, as a genre, are noble, albeit with a lousy reputation and a glib name for what is essentially an empathy machine that’s eager to streamline complicated emotions.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The dirt-only diamond was loamy and soft and home plate was totally submerged in a muddy puddle, a tributary of which also snaked down the third-base line.
    Chang-rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
  • Why Baking Soda Is Best For Grout Like white vinegar, baking soda tends to be a tried-and-true household cleaner for it's effectiveness at removing dirt and grime.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
Adjective
  • San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, one of the more moderate gubernatorial candidates, has been very vocal about his opposition to the tax, warning that the measure would ultimately cost the majority of Californians and sink the state’s innovation economy.
    Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • For the remainder of the match, the crowd stayed vocal, cheering during Wave attacking build-ups and loudly jeering whenever a Bay FC player went down or a decision went against their team.
    Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
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“Talebearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talebearing. Accessed 7 May. 2026.

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