the scoop
Example Sentences
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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 • Jan. 5, 2026
Fans often press him for the scoop on Trout, he said, with some version of this line: “You guys share the same fishy last name, and he’s Mr. Angel just like you.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025
“You don’t get to get the scoop first.”
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024
The film synopsis says it shows "the inside track of the women that broke through the Buckingham Palace establishment to secure the scoop of the decade".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2024
The ridiculous story might have lived out a brief life in Columbia had the paper not put it out on the national wire, thinking it was the scoop of the season.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
