gossip

Hilton rose to fame in the early 2000s via his popular and at-times controversial celebrity gossip website.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

But there is little in the public record to document this, other than items in the gossip pages about their golf bouts.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Hiddleston notes that “one great gift of Pompeii is that the Romans didn’t have paper, so the walls, the columns, the houses, the public buildings are covered in writing: deeds, business contracts, advertisements, gossip, doodles.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

More than a decade ago, a local data nerd was able to obtain taxi commission data and cross-reference it with photos on celebrity gossip blogs to purportedly show that some celebrities didn’t tip their drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

‘Your uncle does not want gossip and tittle-tattle over breakfast,’ she said tightly.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Much of the chatter never moves past a relatively small, dishy circle of political gossips because the supposed misdeeds, while titillating, can’t stand up to rigorous scrutiny.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

The chapters fly at the reader in column-length bursts, and the perspective bops about from that of our heroine to neighborhood gossips, savvy editors and that unforgettable mother-in-law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

Tisa’s reenactments, commentary, and energy earned her a comment from a viewer who dubbed her “the new and improved Wendy Williams,” signaling a changing future for even legacy gossips and talk show hosts.

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2025

Williams has long understood why people love gossip and equally adore and abhor gossips: they cause controversy, and sometimes force a public, corrective response.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024

Some rely on it as a confidant, for it’s known to have a compassionate, impartial ear, and never gossips.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

As attendees roamed the corridors of the suburban Dallas resort and gossiped over drinks in the faux-adobe sports bar, there was no sense of a coming contest.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

Because the home has been staged, buyers won’t be able to sit at the very kitchen table where the Kardashian clan gossiped over salads, or the poolside lounges where they often sunned themselves.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

As spectators filed through security screening then streamed into the courtroom, they gossiped as key players strode by as though in a stage play, including Dick Harpootlian, the lead defense lawyer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Some are afraid that if they reveal too much they could be gossiped about.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024

Old women gossiped and laughed as they sat on project benches or by tenement stoops, where they once played as children with no backyards—yes, they were happy too.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

And what is more to the purpose, it spared him the pain and mortification of knowing that he was gossipped about.

From The Right to Privacy by Brandeis, Louis D.

"Thou tellest him now dead," said Geirmund, "with whom we have gossipped this morning."

From The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga by Dasent, George Webbe

In the forepart of the oven, on either hand, stood a variety of pots and pipkins, and gossipped together in their several tones.

From Yiddish Tales by Various

The hum of several thousand voices, as the gathered people gossipped about the image, made quite a volume of sound.

From The Mark of the Beast by Watson, Sidney

I run on like this, because you say you like to be gossipped to; and I am just a little lonely here—sometimes.

From Elizabeth's Campaign by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

I briefly joined a book club of some work colleagues when I was teaching in rural Illinois, and it was fun, but most of our time was spent gossiping about, well, work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

I felt like he was gossiping about me to a lot of people, and during one review, it became clear that he was.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026

It was lunchtime, and this Chili’s in suburban Dallas was hopping: office friends gossiping, parents eating chips and salsa, their kids gaming on Chili’s-branded Ziosk tablets.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025

After being rejected, Venessa, also then in her mid-twenties, sent Jay a series of "angry and accusatory" messages, saying he was gossiping about her.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025

Would it come into the world gossiping and nattering on about inconsequential nothings?

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Robinson and Frances Glandney, who married in 2002, were part of a group of longtime pals and she knew they’d start gossipping about her and the legendary singer-songwriter.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

A crowd had evidently collected round the door, for I heard the muffled sound of voices gossipping, but could not distinguish what they said.

From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II by Huth, Alexander

Jim had no intimates, and had he chosen such, Mr. Holtz, gossipping, idle, stingy, and shallow of brain, would scarcely have been the man.

From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.

A kiss, at a dance, was all they could say in their gossipping, but he had kissed Annette, and she was by no means the flower of his heart.

From The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. by Fuller, Fanny

But I'm wasting my time and catching my death, gossipping with you!

From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.