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as in handicapper
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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
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Several other pros hinted at the same notion that an 18 handicapper could not possibly finish 18 at Oakmont, at least not with the allotted dozen balls.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
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Elections handicapper Sabato’s Crystal Ball predicted earlier this month that Democrats would win back control of the House.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
30 Apr. 2025
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The defendants suggested one of the informants is either someone in current House Speaker Cameron Sexton's office – or is the speaker himself.—
Rosalind Bowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Encouragingly, this discernment may translate to digital informants like computers too.—
Evan Orticio,
Scientific American,
2 June 2025
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The Casino element is obvious: speculators bought $SCIHUB hoping for returns, driving its $20 million market cap despite only $500,000 reaching Sci-Hub.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Ginsberg also noted that the grind back to record highs comes as large speculators take out larger short positions, betting that prices will fall.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
27 June 2025
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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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Reporting from human intelligence assets – spies or unwitting informers with firsthand or secondhand knowledge – may provide information on internal Iranian assessments.—
Joshua Rovner,
The Conversation,
2 July 2025
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This story has been updated with the latest bookmakers' odds.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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In a rehashing of the arguments made ahead of the state’s decision to legalize sports betting, bookmakers are appealing to lawmakers to allow Bay State residents to do their casino gambling from home legally and remove the industry from black market hands.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
24 June 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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Hwang revealed a a recent promotional event in Seoul that he was inspired to make the film after reading a news article in the local press about underworld snitches who regularly visit Korean prosecutors’ offices to share information in exchange for favors.—
Patrick Brzeski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 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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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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Speaking to reporters on Sunday after attending the FIFA Club World Cup final, Trump was asked about a bill recently introduced by Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, which would eliminate federal capital gains tax on the sale of primary residences.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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“Tipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipster. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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