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gossip

[gos-uhp] / ˈgɒs əp /




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The pseudonym Perez Hilton is a reference to Paris Hilton who was at the height of her fame when the celebrity gossip blog was launched in 2005.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

This piece of gossip soon begins to cloud Elliot’s life and better judgement.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2026

But there is little in the public record to document this, other than items in the gossip pages about their golf bouts.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

More than a decade ago, a local data nerd was able to obtain taxi commission data and cross-reference it with photos on celebrity gossip blogs to purportedly show that some celebrities didn’t tip their drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

“Reah and Vanessa are coming to crash at my place too. It’ll be great. An all-night gossip and Bachelor fest.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The chapters fly at the reader in column-length bursts, and the perspective bops about from that of our heroine to neighborhood gossips, savvy editors and that unforgettable mother-in-law.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

Williams has long understood why people love gossip and equally adore and abhor gossips: they cause controversy, and sometimes force a public, corrective response.

From Salon Feb. 23, 2024

She shops at Zabar’s, does Pilates on Columbus Avenue and resides comfortably in a prewar high rise between West End and Riverside, where she gossips about private lives as though they were front-page news.

From New York Times Aug. 1, 2023

Everybody gossips and everybody gets up to things.

From Slate Apr. 28, 2023

Belén gossips about everyone in town, even when I have no idea who they are.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

As attendees roamed the corridors of the suburban Dallas resort and gossiped over drinks in the faux-adobe sports bar, there was no sense of a coming contest.

From Slate Apr. 17, 2026

Because the home has been staged, buyers won’t be able to sit at the very kitchen table where the Kardashian clan gossiped over salads, or the poolside lounges where they often sunned themselves.

From MarketWatch Feb. 17, 2026

Busy markets sold butchered meats and fast-wilting vegetables, horse carts clattered, children shouted, and men and women gossiped in coffeehouses and read from printed newspapers.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

Some are afraid that if they reveal too much they could be gossiped about.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2024

Many people in the gallery gossiped about an Osage woman who was sitting on one of the benches, quiet and alone.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Thus the fishes gossipped in their own way; but in the artificial water-grotto the laborers were busy; who were obliged to take advantage of the hours of night to get their work done by daybreak.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

In company with Lyon she walked up and down the deck, looking so joyous that the men about the place could but remark upon it as they gossipped with each other.

From Cruel As The Grave by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

If I succeed in my object I shall consider that I have gossipped to some purpose.

From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by Richardson, David Lester

On the way they gossipped, and the maid expressed a belief that Mr. Lane was a fine young gentleman, but full of his goings-on.

From The Folly Of Eustace 1896 by Hichens, Robert Smythe

And Jessie, being new to the fashionable world, shrank from having her heart-history gossipped about.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

There is no reality in which gossiping about someone’s weight loss, especially on social media, is a way toward helping or healing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

But instead of gossiping about who’s dating whom, collaborators batted around their pasts and infused the darkly comedic anthology series with themes of samsara and the Jungian Shadow.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

She stayed up until 03:00 gossiping with other women in her room.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

I felt like he was gossiping about me to a lot of people, and during one review, it became clear that he was.

From MarketWatch Feb. 28, 2026

The three of them proceed to talk about boring stuff like stock markets, coupons, and whatever else adults like gossiping about.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Robinson and Frances Glandney, who married in 2002, were part of a group of longtime pals and she knew they’d start gossipping about her and the legendary singer-songwriter.

From Seattle Times Apr. 28, 2023

The evenings of the Sabbath are passed in little gossipping circles in some of the cabins, or beneath the shade of some tree in front of their dwellings, or at weddings.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt

"It is true," says Baillet, "that this Puteanus passed for a gossipping sort of writer, and for a great maker of little books, but he was, notwithstanding, a very clever fellow."

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

A crowd had evidently collected round the door, for I heard the muffled sound of voices gossipping, but could not distinguish what they said.

From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II by Huth, Alexander

Mr Jones, his curate, has confirmed this statement, although the gossipping and heartless tone of his letters about such a man cannot be too strongly condemned.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward




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