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Recent Examples of tipster
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.
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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
Additionally, however, the tipster has seconded a couple of rumors reported previously.
—PC Magazine, 28 July 2025
As often happened, Guillermo’s whereabouts were revealed to the grandmothers’ organization by an anonymous tipster.
—Julia M. Klein, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
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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
Additionally, however, the tipster has seconded a couple of rumors reported previously.
—PC Magazine, 28 July 2025
As often happened, Guillermo’s whereabouts were revealed to the grandmothers’ organization by an anonymous tipster.
—Julia M. Klein, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipster
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Barrett's is one of 18 seats viewed as a toss-up by nonpartisan election handicapper The Cook Political Report, .—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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Some longtime bullish technical market handicappers have been using 6,600 as an upside target for nearly a year (John Kolovos at Macro Risk Advisors and Craig Johnson of Piper Sandler among them).—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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After planting the seeds of a murder-for-hire plot, Kimball reported to the FBI that Ennis was planning to have witnesses killed, and shortly thereafter, was granted confidential informant status.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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The animosity between the two boiled over when suspicions grew among the Joneses that Brandon was Marty Baker’s secret informant, after a Skeet associate spotted Brandon and Baker having lunch together in Mentone.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Markets are now fully pricing in a 25-basis-point rate cut at the Fed’s upcoming Sept. 17 meeting, with speculators already eyeing additional cuts in October and December.—
Benzinga,
Freep.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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But a minority of speculators—just under 10%—in the CME Fed Funds futures market think 0.5% might happen.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
8 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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With Ryder Cup week kicking off at Bethpage Black, Scheffler enters as the bookmakers’ favorite to be Team USA’s top points scorer.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Las Vegas bookmakers see Philadelphia as a favorite to defeat the Chiefs on Sunday, and the vast majority of NFL media members also like the Eagles’ chances to win at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 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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The data supports why oddsmakers continue to tilt the line toward the Buckeyes when playing at the Horseshoe.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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So would your vote go to Doherty, as the oddsmakers predict?—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
28 Aug. 2025
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Michelle Del Rey is a trending news reporter.—
Michelle Del Rey,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Oct. 2025
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Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Tipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipster. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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