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Recent Examples of rumormonger
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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Trump’s remarks follow last month’s inspector general report from the Biden Justice Department, which detailed the FBI’s use of confidential informants and prompted questions about their roles in the Jan. 6 protest.Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Jan. 2025
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On one occasion, authorities say, the informant handed over to the FBI a plastic foam cup containing a granular substance that tested positive for drugs.CBS News, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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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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Hsu had no problem playing an out-and-out villain for long stretches of that film, but her Ruby is more of an oblivious blabbermouth prone to shocking bouts of callousness, like failing to remember the names of people she’s inadvertently condemned to die.Alison Herman, Variety, 19 Dec. 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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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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Fans are speculating that Lil Baby has accused his former collaborator Gunna of allegedly being a snitch once again.Angel Diaz, Billboard, 7 Jan. 2025
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No sooner had authorities swooped in to pick up 26-year-old Luigi Mangione on Monday — after the employee called police upon recognizing him from photos released by the NYPD — than reviews referencing rodents and snitches proliferated online.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
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The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, includes 1,400 shots, 1,347 of which are VFX.Simon Thompson, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
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But, in fairness, the George Miller action film, which follows the origin story of the fearless renegade (originally played by a shorn Charlize Theron, and this time by the great Anya Taylor-Joy), had huge shoes to fill.Photo: Courtesy of MGM., refinery29.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Rumormonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumormonger. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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