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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
The result is a bill that insists on safety frameworks, incident reports, whistleblower protections, and a public compute resource, but stops short of imposing the same sweeping mandates that alarmed lawmakers and industry last year.
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The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
David Mackenzie, 112 minutes The great Riz Ahmed stars as a fixer who brokers deals between corporations and whistleblowers, usually keeping the identity of the latter secret through an old-fashioned relay system.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
The group was one of many that was issued a subpoena as part of a batch demand to financial institutions tied to conservative fundraising groups, according to internal bank subpoena logs and whistleblower testimony provided to Congress by FBI Director Kash Patel.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
The issue stems from an August whistleblower complaint filed by Charles Borges, the former SSA chief data officer, and the Government Accountability Project.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
David Mackenzie, 112 minutes The great Riz Ahmed stars as a fixer who brokers deals between corporations and whistleblowers, usually keeping the identity of the latter secret through an old-fashioned relay system.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
The group was one of many that was issued a subpoena as part of a batch demand to financial institutions tied to conservative fundraising groups, according to internal bank subpoena logs and whistleblower testimony provided to Congress by FBI Director Kash Patel.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
The issue stems from an August whistleblower complaint filed by Charles Borges, the former SSA chief data officer, and the Government Accountability Project.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whistleblower
Noun
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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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Deadline has confirmed that the original artwork was replaced by stills from the Ian Fleming spy movies over the weekend, following a social media backlash that coincided with James Bond Day on October 5.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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Another serendipitous development that’s got Petrie excited is the upcoming second season of The Night Manager with Tom Hiddleston, the British spy thriller adapted from John le Carré’s 1993 novel.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
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