wire service

Example Sentences

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So wire service reporters had to play it straight—get it first but get it right, facts are gettable, verification necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

It was similarly unrepentant about Bloomberg's Lucey, who asked Trump why he would not release material on Epstein, accusing the wire service journalist of "unprofessional behavior."

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

District Judge Trevor McFadden ruled on Tuesday that the wire service should be granted access to the Oval Office and Air Force One whenever other news organizations are allowed into those limited spaces.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2025

I just happened to be at the Associated Press and United Press International wire service tickers outside the office of the press secretary.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2024

The next day, Kansas City AP bureau chief Ed Stanley inserted the phrase “the dust bowl” into a wire service account of the devastation, and a new term entered the American lexicon.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown