tattletales

plural of tattletale

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tattletales
Noun
  • Privacy advocates have expressed concern that the company’s cameras and accompanying Neighbors app have heightened the risk of racial profiling and turned residents into informants, with few guardrails around how law enforcement can use the material.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Sanders had uncovered in 2014 that Rackauckas’ prosecutors and sheriff’s deputies for years had illegally used jailhouse informants to coax confessions from defendants who had attorneys, in violation of their right to counsel.
    Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These early jolts serve as canaries in the coal mine.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Media attention has focused on the travails of big cities such as Los Angeles, but smaller cities might be the canaries in the coal mine.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Tattletales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tattletales. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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