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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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Earlier this year, three of the whistleblowers featured in the documentary were transferred into solitary confinement.
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Davi Merchan, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
The bill would give the commission investigatory authority to request records from state and local agencies, issue subpoenas for documents and testimony, and provide confidentiality protections to victims and other whistleblowers.
—Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Is this happening in other agencies, with state employees fearful of speaking up and potentially losing their jobs, as was the fate of the DHS whistleblower?
—Steve Arentz, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
The state argued Tuesday that because the memo was anonymous, that also disqualified Gaddis from whistleblower protections.
—Max Chesnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
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Davi Merchan, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
The bill would give the commission investigatory authority to request records from state and local agencies, issue subpoenas for documents and testimony, and provide confidentiality protections to victims and other whistleblowers.
—Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Is this happening in other agencies, with state employees fearful of speaking up and potentially losing their jobs, as was the fate of the DHS whistleblower?
—Steve Arentz, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
The state argued Tuesday that because the memo was anonymous, that also disqualified Gaddis from whistleblower protections.
—Max Chesnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whistleblower
Noun
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Pretti’s parents learned of their son’s death when an Associated Press reporter called them.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Philippe Allain, a regional police commander, told reporters that investigators have received information the man had psychological problems.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Actor André Holland is attached as an executive producer on the television spy thriller United States of Africa, set in Cold War-era Ghana, where a former soldier is recruited to build the continent’s first intelligence agency amid geopolitical intrigue.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Mar. 2026
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Set in Ghana 1958, as the newly independent country becomes the site of a proxy war involving the CIA, KGB, and MI6, the film follows a former Ghanaian soldier tasked with forming the first-ever African spy agency.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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