blow the whistle on
Example Sentences
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Instead, eight months later, Smith filed his own lawsuit against the city, alleging he faced retaliation for trying to blow the whistle on a range of misconduct within the LAPD.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
In the memoir “README.txt,” Chelsea Manning tells her life story and explains her decision to blow the whistle on U.S. actions in the Middle East.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022
In June 2012, I collaborated with public-radio reporter Sarah Koenig on an episode of “This American Life” to blow the whistle on Journatic’s shady tactics.
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022
It also shows that Barclays cash traders Peter Johnson and Colin Bermingham had sought to blow the whistle on lowballing throughout the crisis.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2022
It's possible that Mami had her own little revolution brewing, and she didn't want to blow the whistle on her girls and thus call attention to herself.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
