blow the whistle
Example Sentences
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Under Greenspan’s watch, the Fed didn’t blow the whistle on riskier lending practices in which Wall Street used financial alchemy to turn dodgy mortgages into highly rated securities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
With that in mind, in 2015, he decided to blow the whistle.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025
Instead, eight months later, Smith filed his own lawsuit against the city, alleging he faced retaliation for trying to blow the whistle on a range of misconduct within the LAPD.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
My hope would be that some of the people that it would take to conduct that harassment would stand up, would blow the whistle, would refuse to go along.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2024
Frankie waited for Coach to blow the whistle.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
