leaker

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Recent Examples of leaker Intel hasn't announced this new chip yet, but serial leaker Jaykihn0 on Twitter/X claims that Intel has added a new chip to its Nova Lake desktop lineup. Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026 Trump said Iran did not know that a second service member was missing until the leaker shared information. Max Burman, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026 Trump aides and allies denounced Kent as a leaker immediately after his resignation became public. Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026 And the fact that the leaker was a contractor of the IRS at the time of the leaks, not an employee, could potentially get the case tossed on its own. Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026 Continue reading … OUT IN THE OPEN – Noem says government leaker caught, will be referred for prosecution. FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026 Samsung’s Exact Galaxy S26 Launch Schedule Leaks The Galaxy s26 series will be available for pre-order between February 26th and March 4th (a 7-day window), according to reliable Samsung leaker Ice Universe. Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026 Barack Obama’s commutation of the prison sentence of Army private and document-leaker Chelsea Manning was widely condemned as a live threat to national security. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaker
Noun
  • There’s a new MCU blabbermouth in town.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Jackson Thompson is a sports reporter for Fox News Digital covering critical political and cultural issues in sports, with an investigative lens.
    Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
    Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The House sent its three-year extension of section 702 to the Senate on Wednesday, which included oversight guardrails and penalties for abuses of the spy program.
    Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Having played British spies, lords, WWII fighters pilots and even wrestlers, Jack Lowden has now taken on his most contemporary role to date.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Many were, and are, attracted to Pynchon because of the abnormal discloser in his books, especially in a pre-internet age.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Besides, industry gossip, behind-the-curtain peeks and pure, uncut schadenfreude can move a lot of books.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Throughout March, rumors that West had begun dating his co-star Amanda Batula flooded gossip sites, though the two continuously denied said claims.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026

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“Leaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaker. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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