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talebearings

noun

plural of talebearing

as in whispers

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There were whispers and exchanged glances; Ono couldn’t make it through a single slide without a fresh wave of questions.

— Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
Shawn slept on a thin mattress on the floor of his parents’ room, lying awake each night to their furious whispers, long after the lights had been turned out.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of whispers

Noun

The gossip hardens into something more official, as fellow teachers and school authorities start to treat her personal life as a disciplinary matter.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Just like there’s antisocial conflict and prosocial conflict, there is a prosocial form of gossip.

— Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of gossip

Noun

The possibility is a long-running piece of celebrity scuttlebutt that’s probably a bit.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
The British historian, better known as the History Gossip, makes the subject appealing to younger audiences by framing it as salacious scuttlebutt.

— Shannon Carlin, Time, 14 July 2026

Definition of scuttlebutt

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There was like ten minutes of just chaos, with kids throwing dirt everywhere and getting excited to get little seeds put in their hands, and then being able to bring their plant home, and take care of it.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
The ball fell to the dirt, allowing Harris to score and Albies to get to third for his first career postseason triple.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of dirt

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Fear of the wilderness and its potentially lethal native creatures is hardwired into the human brain and fueled tales of haunted forests and murderous animals throughout history.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
And there’s good stories, different stories in there, different tales to tell.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of tales

Noun

The book features illustrations from Demelsa Haughton, who also illustrated Tori and the Muses and is known for her retelling of six Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales, among her many other works.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026
In her 2016 film The Love Witch, writer and director Anna Biller told the story of a modern-day witch driven by her desire for the kind of classical romance that fairy tales are made of.

— Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

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