How to Use whistleblower in a Sentence

whistleblower

noun
  • The memo came to light through a whistleblower complaint.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Herstein filed suit as a whistleblower asking to get his job back.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Who would be the whistleblower in the Epstein case?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
  • These whistleblowers sent emails and made phone calls raising concerns.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 7 May 2026
  • But then a whistleblower reached out to a local law professor.
    — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Would a whistleblower be needed?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Hundreds have been arrested since and there have been no whistleblowers.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The whistleblower case is still active and the plaintiffs have received no money to date.
    — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The whistleblower complaints came from about a dozen school employees.
    — Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Even so, Martin said some of his whistleblower clients have been emboldened.
    — Brett Kelman, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Sometimes, that search turns up whistleblowers eager to tell us something scandalous.
    — Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Does the whistleblower still work for the US government?
    — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Assange saw that early, and provided a safe space for whistleblowers.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 24 June 2026
  • The life of a corporate whistleblower is a miserable one.
    — Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • However, the whistleblower refuses to plead guilty to any felony charges.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
  • Two days later, officers surprised the young whistleblower with two scoops of ice cream topped with blue sprinkles.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Lessig says the risks taken by past whistleblowers underscore the need for such protections.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The New York Times was first to report the whistleblower complaint.
    — Gregory Wallace, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
  • One of the two whistleblowers was allowed to view the memo only in the presence of a supervisor and then had to give it back.
    — Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • One of the two whistleblowers was allowed to view the memo only in the presence of a supervisor and then had to give it back.
    — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • These are not Republican whistleblowers by the way, these are Democrats.
    — Xerxes Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • But after the story broke on Fox Tuesday, a whistleblower called in to my radio show.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The notes from Comer outline numerous problems and back up some of the whistleblower’s claims.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Some whistleblower lawyers are encouraging more reporting of any agreement that might fall afoul of the spirit of the law.
    — Mengqi Sun, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The hearing officers who had filed the whistleblower complaints grew outraged.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
  • However, the fentanyl lollipops could not be secured because a vendor could not be found in time, the whistleblower said.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • At a time when many democracies are retreating from openness, these whistleblowers remind us that law and justice are not the same thing.
    — Kate Kenny, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Josh O’Connor appears to play some type of whistleblower in trouble with the government.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Stride also declined to address the whistleblower complaint.
    — Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Putting whistleblowers and their counsel to work (without cost to the city) by including them in the investigative process.
    — Randall Fox, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026

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