busybody

Her book abounds with busybody advocacy groups, donor advisory networks and consultancies run by know-nothing 20-somethings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

That was all fine for Graham: He got his fix with bonus cable-news bookings and participated in some debates, and then—phew!—was able to return to being a busybody in the Senate.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

Elizabeth Kelly, best known for playing busybody Nellie Ellis in EastEnders, died peacefully in Scarborough on 31 December, her agent Scott Marshall Partners said.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

Your siblings and any other busybody family members would have no say.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026

She did not want to seem like a busybody.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Apparently, other parents decided they didn't want these busybodies telling them how to educate or raise their kids so they ran against them and won.

From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2023

The Broken Arms is noisy and crowded with busybodies, including an elderly theatrical mouse named Manfred Crabgrass.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022

Local politics has no shortage of squeaky wheels, selfish busybodies, and neighbors concerned primarily with their own lot in life—and, specifically, with the property values of that lot.

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2022

BUSAN, South Korea — The scandal that riveted South Korea’s online busybodies began when Kim Ji-seon checked into a beachside condominium in February.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2020

After class I played with President Davis’s daughters, nicknamed Dit, Dot, and Dash—the same as the Morse code signals the military used to communicate— because they were such busybodies.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson