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or whistle-blower
as in reporter
a person who provides information about wrongdoing (as of an employer)
There are laws to protect whistleblowers who reveal govermental malfeasance.
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Recent Examples of whistleblower
Josh O’Connor and Colman Domingo play whistleblowers who try to outrun those who aim to keep the secret.
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Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Like other tense whistleblower films, such as The Insider, All the President’s Men, and Spotlight, The Social Reckoning centers on an individual brave enough to go up against a powerful entity in hopes of weeding out corruption.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
The Social Reckoning follows the 2021 leak of internal Facebook documents by whistleblower Frances Haugen, portrayed by Mikey Madison.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2026
Danny is a whistleblower (not unlike Edward Snowden), who has in his possession the complete archive of America’s footage of alien encounters, going back to the Roswell incident of 1947.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 June 2026
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Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Like other tense whistleblower films, such as The Insider, All the President’s Men, and Spotlight, The Social Reckoning centers on an individual brave enough to go up against a powerful entity in hopes of weeding out corruption.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
The Social Reckoning follows the 2021 leak of internal Facebook documents by whistleblower Frances Haugen, portrayed by Mikey Madison.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2026
Danny is a whistleblower (not unlike Edward Snowden), who has in his possession the complete archive of America’s footage of alien encounters, going back to the Roswell incident of 1947.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whistleblower
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Addressing reporters for the first time since The Associated Press projected a November runoff between her and Mayor Karen Bass, Raman said residents are losing faith in the city’s ability to solve even basic problems and are demanding a different approach.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
11 June 2026
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Both of the accused will appeal the sentence within a month, a lawyer for one of the men, Choochat Kanpai, told reporters.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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In 1977, two women living in the United States Embassy in Moscow become unlikely spies.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Prior to Craig, Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore, George Lazenby and Sean Connery also played the role of the famed super spy, based on the character in Ian Fleming's books.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
11 June 2026
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