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as in informant
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as in handicapper
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Recent Examples of tipster
In the weeks that followed the shooting death of a 19-year-old Marine in Fort Worth earlier this year, the suspect bragged about the killing to a tipster, according to police documents.
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Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 May 2026
The tipster told them the trailer might be in the 100 block of North Austin Avenue in Chicago's Austin neighborhood.
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
On Thursday, a tipster sent us a copy of a similar bulletin drafted by Nissan in anticipation of a similar supply crunch—and an accompanying price hike for service departments.
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Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
15 May 2026
Behind the scenes, Descovich has been a tipster for agencies that investigate schools over transgender sports and bathroom policies.
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Collin Binkley,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 May 2026
The tipster told them the trailer might be in the 100 block of North Austin Avenue in Chicago's Austin neighborhood.
—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
On Thursday, a tipster sent us a copy of a similar bulletin drafted by Nissan in anticipation of a similar supply crunch—and an accompanying price hike for service departments.
—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
15 May 2026
Behind the scenes, Descovich has been a tipster for agencies that investigate schools over transgender sports and bathroom policies.
—
Collin Binkley,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipster
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Two years ago, an FBI informant met with a South Florida man who expressed his desire to join an anti-government militia and build a bomb targeting a New York City landmark, the FBI said.
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Babeuf was betrayed by an informant, put on trial in 1797, and eventually acquitted of conspiracy, but he was executed for committing his ideas about inequality to print.
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Longtime handicapper Bruce Marshall cautioned against assuming France and Argentina would meet in the final.
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Pictured above, the hardworking AFP shooter Henry Nicholls produces yet another fine portrait in his shot of a young handicapper luxuriating in the Zenlike smoke-wreathed focus required to select just the perfect and perfectly-priced mounts to back in the next race.
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One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.
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As with other futures markets, compute contracts would also draw speculators — traders with no direct need for GPU capacity but a view on where compute prices are headed.
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But beyond that historic wealth event, the massive deal is resetting expectations for the sprawling network of startup firms, venture funds and high-net-worth speculators that dominate private markets for unlisted technology stocks — and for every major IPO that follows in its wake.
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The interaction between Omar Epps’ Detective Malcolm Howard, who is actually Kanan’s father, and a drunken Lou when Lou realizes that Howard was the one who told Raq that Scrap was a snitch towards the end of season three is especially memorable.
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Pay no attention to the fact that it was proposed three weeks after the EPA came out hard against three-eyed fish, or that only three months ago, this same Legislature considered $100,000 court payouts to snitches willing to rat out mifepristone providers.
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The money that actually stays with a bookmaker typically runs at less than a 10% margin on that headline figure.
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Boyle Sports is Ireland’s largest independent bookmaker and signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with West Ham in July 2025.
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Adriana Valasis, an N+ reporter in Mexico City who has covered World Cups and the Olympic Games, has seen firsthand how the Mexican national team lifted the fans’ spirits and brought Mexican society together.
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Mike Snider is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY.
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Nonetheless, the Under is pricier at the market-making operations, such as Circa Sports in Las Vegas and the offshore oddsmaker Pinnacle Sportsbook.
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Pulse Picks The Knicks are still basking in their title, but oddsmakers aren’t so sure about their chances next year.
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“Tipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipster. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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