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as in informant
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as in handicapper
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Recent Examples of tipster
Austin Schroth, a teacher at Lake Norman charter school in Huntersville, NC, reportedly shared photos on Facebook mocking Charlie Kirk according to a tipster.
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
Noted tipster Tarun Vats warns that Samsung is falling behind schedule.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
An anonymous tipster called police to say the bandits were trying to sell their loot less than a mile away, and gave the cops Hussein’s Instagram handle, according to court filings.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
The technician may initiate a confidential dialogue with the tipster to gather details and assess the severity of the concern.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
Noted tipster Tarun Vats warns that Samsung is falling behind schedule.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
An anonymous tipster called police to say the bandits were trying to sell their loot less than a mile away, and gave the cops Hussein’s Instagram handle, according to court filings.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
The technician may initiate a confidential dialogue with the tipster to gather details and assess the severity of the concern.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipster
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To date, none of the criminal complaints filed in this case mention any anti-gay text messages, social media posts or comments made by the defendants, whose communications were being secretly monitored and taped by undercover informants and agents.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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In 2020, the high court ruled that Muslim men who claimed their religious rights were violated for being placed on the government’s no-fly list after refusing to serve as FBI informants could sue the FBI agents for damages.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Barrett's is one of 18 seats viewed as a toss-up by nonpartisan election handicapper The Cook Political Report.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Nonpartisan election handicappers Cook Political and Sabato’s Crystal Ball from the University of Virginia Center for Politics rate the New Jersey gubernatorial race as leaning Democratic.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
27 Sep. 2025
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Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Option 2: If one prisoner informs while the other stays silent, the informer will go free while the silent one receives the harshest sentence.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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And the Volatility Index , whose surge to around 25 appeared a bit overdone for a mere 3% dip, has now bled lower toward 18, stranding a lot of hedgers and bearish speculators with expensive downside protection.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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Britain did have to devalue after burning through billions of pounds trying to defeat the speculators.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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But when a snitch blows the whistle on an upcoming shipment, José Antonio’s ultimate life-and-death battle for power ensues.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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That now-infamous measure would have denied most public services — including schooling — to undocumented immigrants, and turned teachers and nurses into snitches.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
4 Sep. 2025
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A couple of years ago, the NCAA released a study finding that 67% of college students living on campus had engaged in sports betting, 41% had bet on their school’s teams, and 35% had used a student bookmaker.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Yet Americans wager tens of billions of dollars every year through offshore bookmakers.—
Danny Funt,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw told reporters after the game about the decision to honor Vesia.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Guardiola, speaking to reporters before City’s 4-1 victory over Dortmund, sounded like a manager who takes Arsenal deadly seriously.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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That unexpected success has positioned the 49ers as competitors for Hendrickson, and one oddsmaker proclaimed San Francisco as the most likely destination for the Bengals defensive end on Monday night.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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But his points, assists and 3-pointers were all well under the oddsmakers’ set lines, so most of the bets made by the co-conspirators apparently paid off.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Tipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipster. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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