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talebearing

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noun

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Adjective
  • When multiple candidates — often several Democrats — compete for the same seat, they are forced to knock on doors, articulate positions, and energize supporters.
    Grace Rauh, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Learning to Engage McMillon has an almost professorial air that’s articulate, polite and exudes competence — but his skill set was honed by long years of experience.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Both countries will be having their second round of talks on Tuesday in Geneva, Tehran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi told the BBC, adding that the Iran is ready to discuss restricting its nuclear program for lighter sanctions and economic benefits for both sides.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The Swiss Foreign Ministry told the Associated Press that the nuclear talks will again be mediated by Oman.
    Zach LaChance, The Washington Examiner, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • To listen to these quiet galactic whispers, scientists need the right tools.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • At first the room was silent, but then a ripple of whispers spread.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Whether set in Jewish eastern Europe or New York’s Lower East Side, Shtok’s range is on full display, from gossipy melodramas and elegiac reveries to coming of age portraits of shtetl adolescents and immigrant hustlers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Certainly the humdrum of legislation or bureaucratic rule-marking is nothing like the gossipy speculation about who may or may not bid to lead California as its 41st governor.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This brought back family gossip and hesitant bits of information about my mother’s beloved grandfather, my maternal great-grandfather.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
  • In the early 2000s, there was a viral gossip report that Thornton and the Tomb Raider star drank each other’s blood.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • In our culture, right now, people are very quick to be glib, and short, and not lean on the power of language.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Spectropolis is never glib about the transparent profit motive sustaining such rites.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Some experts urge caution in throwing dirt on the winter yet.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Under the scalding hot sun of the Brazilian northeast, a group of young boys kicks dirt up while running over a football.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • In the latter, many on the Christian right have been vocal supporters.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Another draw would not have been enough to satisfy Hurzeler’s most vocal and impatient detractors.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Talebearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talebearing. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.

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