variants
or whistle-blowers
as in informants
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
there are laws to protect whistle-blowers who reveal corporate malfeasance
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Recent Examples of whistleblowers
The whistleblowers claim an emergency room nurse stole narcotics intended for patients, injected them in an emergency room bathroom, then treated patients while impaired, which in turn, possibly contributed to two patient deaths.
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Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Assange saw that early, and provided a safe space for whistleblowers.
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Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
24 June 2026
Senior leaders allegedly set up roadblocks for whistleblowers, removing anonymity from the complaint process by insisting managers or attorneys be present at ODNI meetings, creating an atmosphere of intimidation.
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Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
California, for example, passed a law requiring AI companies to issue risk frameworks, report safety issues and protect whistleblowers.
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Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
To Jordan Flowers, the executive director of the Disclosure Foundation, the film ably dramatizes what his organization has been trying to tell the general public ever since those modern whistleblowers started coming forward ten years ago.
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Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
19 June 2026
The film, which is expected to debut on Netflix in August, is based partly on the testimony of whistleblowers who reported numerous instances in which managers allegedly told safety monitors to overlook problems lest production be slowed.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
The source said both investigations have been ongoing for about a year, were launched by federal prosecutors in Sacramento based on information provided by whistleblowers in California, and were not the result of directives out of Washington.
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Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
An ex-con cybersecurity expert, Daniel is among a group of whistleblowers from the shady agency WARDEX who nabbed evidence of a massive, nearly 80-year cover-up that, if revealed, would be a turning point for civilization.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Assange saw that early, and provided a safe space for whistleblowers.
—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
24 June 2026
Senior leaders allegedly set up roadblocks for whistleblowers, removing anonymity from the complaint process by insisting managers or attorneys be present at ODNI meetings, creating an atmosphere of intimidation.
—
Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
California, for example, passed a law requiring AI companies to issue risk frameworks, report safety issues and protect whistleblowers.
—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
To Jordan Flowers, the executive director of the Disclosure Foundation, the film ably dramatizes what his organization has been trying to tell the general public ever since those modern whistleblowers started coming forward ten years ago.
—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
19 June 2026
The film, which is expected to debut on Netflix in August, is based partly on the testimony of whistleblowers who reported numerous instances in which managers allegedly told safety monitors to overlook problems lest production be slowed.
—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
The source said both investigations have been ongoing for about a year, were launched by federal prosecutors in Sacramento based on information provided by whistleblowers in California, and were not the result of directives out of Washington.
—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
An ex-con cybersecurity expert, Daniel is among a group of whistleblowers from the shady agency WARDEX who nabbed evidence of a massive, nearly 80-year cover-up that, if revealed, would be a turning point for civilization.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whistleblowers
Noun
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In 2020, for example, the high court ruled that Muslim men who claimed that 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.
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More recently, the Department of Justice charged the Southern Poverty Law Center — a civil rights nonprofit accused by Republicans of targeting conservatives in its work tracking extremists — with defrauding donors through payments to informants.
Noun
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One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.
Noun
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The Edge and Adam Clayton both release canaries into the air in slow motion.
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These living materials could also serve as canaries in the coal mine for water safety, glowing brighter or dimming in the presence of specific toxins.
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“Whistleblowers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whistleblowers. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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