blow the whistle
Example Sentences
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With that in mind, in 2015, he decided to blow the whistle.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025
It “would safeguard the rights of federal employees who blow the whistle on violations of laws, including by their supervisors,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025
Judges are loath to blow the whistle on colleagues and have historically taken the position “Not my chambers, not my business.”
From Slate • Jul. 29, 2024
It's not like there's a set social script out there for how to blow the whistle.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2024
Or did that line mean blow the whistle in the colloquial sense, as in “to reveal a secret or alert someone to a crime”? Either way, it didn’t make any sense to me.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
