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talebearings

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plural of talebearing

as in whispers

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The whispers had grown too loud to ignore, and a grand jury was convened.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026
But eccentricity is only the visible tip of the vast iceberg of Vibeke’s mental health issues, and soon Karl and Rikke are conferring in low whispers about whether, and when, to slip some ground-up sleeping pills into her drink.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 July 2026

Definition of whispers

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The foreign minister of Qatar — a mediator in the conflict — had said ceasefire talks would continue after the multiday funeral last week for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

— NPR Staff, NPR, 14 July 2026
An investment firm run by Reddit co-founder Alex Ohanian is among those involved in early talks.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 July 2026

Definition of talks

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Unlike most, Pumphrey and four comrades received a cursory burial beneath a thin layer of dirt.

— Allen Breed, Fortune, 17 July 2026
But some of the guys that Marcus was working with that were doing some of the dirt races at Bristol thought about having a dirt race at Wilkesboro, and there was this idea and plan to put dirt on it and have a race there.

— Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of dirt

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Now 94, Cynthia still entertains with tales of bygone Barbados at the family's regular guest cocktail parties, whilst dinner is underscored by jazz singers and instrumentalists.

— Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
Among the most famous tales is that of Prince Ivan Kanitovski, who was reportedly murdered shortly after acquiring it.

— Eliza Prosperini, Vanity Fair, 19 July 2026

Definition of tales

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When the Italian artist Gaia Alari was a little girl, her father, Gabriele, used to read her fairy tales in the evening.

— Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
Kindergarten teachers say that many of their students don’t know nursery rhymes or fairy tales, Benjamin Powers, the director of Yale and the University of Connecticut’s Haskins Global Literacy Hub, told me.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

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