as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
a canary who was singing and giving up the names of some of the city's most notorious drug lords
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If oil and gas trade is this war’s canary in the coal mine, then the expiration of Ukraine’s transit agreement with Russia this December should be viewed with alarm.
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Julian Fisher, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024
Control Flow Integrity works in a similar fashion as the canaries but constrains code execution to specific pathways.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
As a reminder, the remarks noted above that Governor Newsom made at the recent tech conference would seem to be the proverbial canary in the cage.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
Kaegi’s coming circuit breaker proposal should be seen as a canary in a coal mine.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2024
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Julian Fisher, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024
Control Flow Integrity works in a similar fashion as the canaries but constrains code execution to specific pathways.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
As a reminder, the remarks noted above that Governor Newsom made at the recent tech conference would seem to be the proverbial canary in the cage.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
Kaegi’s coming circuit breaker proposal should be seen as a canary in a coal mine.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2024
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Prosecutors haven't publicly identified the informant, but details in an FBI affidavit suggest Kamara is the one who cooperated with the FBI to offer White envelopes of cash.Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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China has issued a strong rebuke to the United States, accusing it of hypocrisy over espionage following recent Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) efforts to recruit Chinese informants.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Given the increasingly absurd pretexts the state is using for criminal prosecution and the resounding success of informers of all stripes, the judicial crackdown will continue to worsen.Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
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Standing in his way are British spies, French informers and jealous colleagues.Liza Foreman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
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Research published in 2019 showed that levels of DMT in rat brains spike during cardiac arrest, lending some substance to a link between DMT and near-death experiences.Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sharing a few sweet snaps on Instagram, Underwood and Brown matched in chef costumes while Bishop rocked a little rat onesie to recreate the cast of Disney's Ratatouille.Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Canary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canary. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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