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 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
A former member of the Edo State government, speaking to the international media for the first time, has come forward to blow the whistle on Edo State's collaboration with organised crime.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2021
That even powerful people failed to blow the whistle on a clearly depraved scene is a puzzle of group behavior that maybe only literature can begin to address.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2021
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
