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scoop

[skoop] / skup /
NOUN
utensil, tool for shovelling
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NOUN
previously secret information that is suddenly public
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Wall Street firms and other institutional investors have scooped up hundreds of thousands of U.S. homes to rent out.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he got a taste for scoops as an advance man to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

From Los Angeles Times

Hunterbrook Capital bought Joby shares before the scoop was published, betting it would make Joby bears have to cover their shorts, and sold them a few weeks later after a rally.

From The Wall Street Journal

Timothee Chalamet's Oscars campaign earned a major boost Sunday as he scooped the best actor prize for "Marty Supreme" at the Critics Choice Awards, the first major gala of this year's Hollywood awards season.

From Barron's

But he wound up slipping all the way to the third before Tennessee scooped him up.

From The Wall Street Journal