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This successfully makes the case, as is made elsewhere, that Trump was good at working the press — so good, in fact, that years later, a professional rumormonger remembers them with greater clarity than any time Trump made news.
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Aug. 2021
Stay to see Veronica Cartwright's uptight rumormonger vomit her weight in cherry stones.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 1 May 2020
People who complained about food prices and empty stomachs were dismissed as liars and rumormongers.
—New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
The reliable Apple rumormonger and analyst said Apple is planning to produce tens of millions of AirTag units by the end of the year.
—Don Reisinger, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2020
But the rumormongers were clever, insisting that for three years the Beatles had offered clues in their albums about McCartney’s demise and replacement.
—oregonlive, 24 Sep. 2019
The Source: Anonymous rumormongers talking to reputable fan sites
Probability of Accuracy: This feels like a trap.
—Wired, 23 Sep. 2019
But one piece of information that's been less consistently bandied by rumormongers is what, precisely, Apple plans to call its next-gen smartphones.
—Lisa Eadicicco, Time, 5 Sep. 2017
Relatives have also begged rumormongers to lay off.
—Avi Selk, Washington Post, 17 May 2017
Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Aug. 2021
Stay to see Veronica Cartwright's uptight rumormonger vomit her weight in cherry stones.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 1 May 2020
People who complained about food prices and empty stomachs were dismissed as liars and rumormongers.
—New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
The reliable Apple rumormonger and analyst said Apple is planning to produce tens of millions of AirTag units by the end of the year.
—Don Reisinger, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2020
But the rumormongers were clever, insisting that for three years the Beatles had offered clues in their albums about McCartney’s demise and replacement.
—oregonlive, 24 Sep. 2019
The Source: Anonymous rumormongers talking to reputable fan sites
Probability of Accuracy: This feels like a trap.
—Wired, 23 Sep. 2019
But one piece of information that's been less consistently bandied by rumormongers is what, precisely, Apple plans to call its next-gen smartphones.
—Lisa Eadicicco, Time, 5 Sep. 2017
Relatives have also begged rumormongers to lay off.
—Avi Selk, Washington Post, 17 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumormonger
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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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They’re portrayed as gullible blabbermouths who spill everything the minute anyone shows public kindness.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
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Professional blabbermouth: that’s what most of these journalism degrees are really leading toward.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024
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Julie Andrews as Lady Whistledown Julie Andrews voices Lady Whistledown, the ton's voracious gossipmonger who sends each social season into a tizzy.Charlotte Walsh, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
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Anon plz — but the true identities behind popular Instagram gossipmonger DeuxMoi have just been spotted on Substack.Vulture, Vulture, 20 May 2022
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Mortimer Zuckerman, the owner, hired him to replace a British editor who had turned it from a brash, tough-guy paper into a tattler of celebrity gossip and supermarket tabloid stunts.Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2020
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Being a tattler or someone who is too focused on the drama rarely works out, largely because those dudes are more focused on screen time than the lead.Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019
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The two of them, as though after a party, would have stood at the sink cleaning dishes and wondering which among the attendees was the traitor, the tattletale.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 26 July 2023
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We’re basically guaranteed to see that thing where one person tells Zach that another person is there for the wrong reasons, but then the tattletale winds up consumed by their own vendetta and self-sabotages.Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2023
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Is this case about Moya and his men taking out their snitch?Carita Rizzo, TVLine, 17 Oct. 2024
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Based on the agent's testimony, Smith told former Lt. Dewayne Smith, his former supervisor, about kicks and the former lieutenant made reference to being a snitch, according to WATN.Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2024
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Still, a new report in a U.K. news outlet suggests that Harry and his American wife Meghan, renegade members of the British royal family who’ve been living in California, have decided to try and regain a foothold in Europe by buying a home in Portugal.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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The broader support among justices undermines the effort by Musk and his supporters to cast Justice Alexandre de Moraes as a renegade who is intent on censoring political speech.David Biller and Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Rumormonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumormonger. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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