blow the whistle
Example Sentences
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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
Combs's former on-and-off girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, was first to blow the whistle on the self-proclaimed "bad boy for life".
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024
It's not like there's a set social script out there for how to blow the whistle.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2024
In the months that followed his decision to blow the whistle last year, the detective’s name circulated around the department, even reaching former officers who had long since retired.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024
“I would have never guessed,” Stockdale would say many years later, “that commodores in charge on the scene of action are sometimes not allowed to blow the whistle on a screwup.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
