tipoffs

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One of the tipoffs, says the FTC, is when they specify the method of payment.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Games now routinely take close to 2½ hours; there are 10 three-minute TV timeouts per game; there are 20-minute halftimes and middle-of-the-night tipoffs.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2022

The vehicle was recovered on Sunday following tipoffs from the public.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2019

In Mr. Klein’s world, the paparazzi that routinely bribe servers and slip weekly updated price lists to parking valets for celebrity tipoffs may be a necessary evil.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2019

In a prototype of the surveillance state, she instigated policies to encourage informants, installing metal boxes on the sides of administrative buildings for anonymous tipoffs.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 8, 2018