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Recent Examples of tipster
Mitchell and Barzee were arrested in 2003, after a tipster saw Smart walking with them following the pair's public identification.
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Chris Spargo, People.com, 9 May 2025
Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station (DCS) has posted the chip's preliminary CPU performance results on Weibo.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Guevara's coverage of immigration raids, often documented live with the help of a network of tipsters, has earned him a substantial social media following that exceeds 782,000 on Facebook alone.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
About a month after that, a tipster came forward to say LeFleur had killed his wife and buried her in the desert, leading to the discovery of her body about a mile north of the state park in the Dog Canyon area, prosecutors said.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 26 May 2025
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Chris Spargo, People.com, 9 May 2025
Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station (DCS) has posted the chip's preliminary CPU performance results on Weibo.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Guevara's coverage of immigration raids, often documented live with the help of a network of tipsters, has earned him a substantial social media following that exceeds 782,000 on Facebook alone.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
About a month after that, a tipster came forward to say LeFleur had killed his wife and buried her in the desert, leading to the discovery of her body about a mile north of the state park in the Dog Canyon area, prosecutors said.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipster
Noun
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To stay ahead of the competition, handicappers need sharp tools and consistent insight.—
Jared Welch,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The election handicapper Sabato’s Crystal Ball has already shifted Ernst’s race slightly toward Democrats — from safe to likely Republican — citing Scholten’s challenge and the senator’s remarks.—
Julia Mueller,
The Hill,
11 June 2025
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Moreland's plan failed as Pedigo became a confidential informant for the FBI, adding to the federal government's case for obstruction of justice and witness tampering.—
Hadley Hitson,
The Tennessean,
17 July 2025
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Nationwide, there have been 256 exonerations tied to the use of jailhouse informants, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick had more good news for speculators this week.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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Samson realizes that arresting speculators and burglars on behalf of the Bolsheviks will not bring back the stability of his middle-class, prerevolutionary youth.—
Uilleam Blacker,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2025
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Over the past eight decades, the CCP has constructed a vast network of millions of informers and spies whose often unpaid work has been critical to the regime’s survival.—
Minxin Pei,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Feb. 2024
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The Nazis set up secret squads in the camps to conduct beatings and killings of prisoners thought to be too friendly with U.S. officials or were accused of being informers.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
10 July 2025
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The global racing championship is working with several data providers and global bookmakers to take its data feed and publish odds to the market.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
6 June 2025
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Clearly, that second game has mattered little to the bookmakers’ estimations of this tie, as City are heavy favourites to qualify and odds-off to win in 90 minutes.—
Sam Tighe,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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The use of jailhouse snitches has become increasingly controversial.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Commentary and opinions The O.C. public defender who exposed the jailhouse snitch scandal is retiring, but not done, columnist Gustavo Arellano writes.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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But that hasn’t stopped the oddsmakers from making Stevenson a large betting favorite to retain his lightweight title vs. Zepeda on Saturday night.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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The famously mercurial brothers Gallagher have provided oddsmakers with plenty of historical material to suggest a 41-date voyage around the world helmed by a pair of hotheads is a tenuous arrangement.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
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If your story changes every quarter, reporters will stop listening.—
Danielle Sabrina,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Collins showed reporters a 1992 rescission message from President George H.W. Bush as an example of how such proposals should be detailed—comparing it unfavorably to the Trump Administration’s request.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
15 July 2025
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“Tipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipster. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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