How to Use tipster in a Sentence

tipster

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  • The tipster said the dog was in the Lauderdale Lakes area.
    — Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2021
  • The mole in the woman’s ear is what caught her eye, the tipster said.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 June 2022
  • The tipster knew that Chance had been abandoned, but when the group searched, Chance was gone.
    — Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Our tipster may just have gotten a file that slipped through the cracks.
    — Sascha Segan, PCMAG, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Be warned, though: Less than 0.5 percent of SEC tipsters get all the way to a payout.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 21 May 2023
  • The tipster said the photo came from a relative of Hardin.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The anonymous tipster said the driver was named Bob and a frequent customer at the bar.
    — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
  • This matched the description of the watch provided by the tipster.
    — Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 12 May 2022
  • The photo, the affidavit says, was given to the FBI through tipsters.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The tipster was the suspect himself, Frank Robert James, who then ambled off.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Three days later, a tipster pointed the FBI to her Snapchat account.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2021
  • If a complaint leads to a citation, the tipster could receive up to $1,000.
    — Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The tipster may have been James himself, according to sources.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2022
  • An anonymous tipster helped deputies solve the case by reporting seeing the crate in a home before it was found by the road.
    — Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The tipster said Ruffo was sitting a few rows up behind home plate and wearing a blue shirt.
    — Fox News, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Police said an anonymous tipster led them to the suspects.
    — Cassandra Jaramillo, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Within a week of the shooting, a tipster identified Raglin as Bany's killer.
    — Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Ball had moved the barrel by the time deputies arrived on Sept. 24, but his sister confirmed the tipster's story.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Sep. 2021
  • According to tipsters from @negativeonehero (via Notebookcheck), the Watch 7 and Watch Ultra will share some specs.
    — Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 20 June 2024
  • Based on the IP address included in the tipster's email, the site's forums, at least, seemed to be based in Western Europe.
    — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Few tipsters or players pay close attention to the tiebreaker, which in most pools is the total score in the final game.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Knowlton was identified in the photos by a tipster who claims to have known Knowlton for many years.
    — Sara Tabin, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Anonymous tips can be made at silentwitness.org, and may earn the tipster a cash reward if an arrest or indictment is made.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The tipster was not a person of interest in the case, authorities said.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The tipster called in at 11:35 p.m. Police have not disclosed an exact timeline of the gunman’s movements.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • In addition to the price, the tipster also reveals that Google is planning to start the mass production of Pixel fold in the third quarter of 2022.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • There is a $1,000 cash reward available to tipsters whose information leads to an arrest in the case.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
  • But a tipster raised questions about Greenawalt’s service, which led to this newspaper’s review of his records.
    — Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The tipster did not see the gun himself, and there was no sign at the time that Jones had made any specific threat connected with it, officials said.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The three had been involved in a domestic disturbance a few blocks away, and a tipster named Johnny Ray Kelly claimed to have seen the men in the area that Friday night.
    — Breeanna Hare, CNN, 10 Apr. 2021

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