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Noun
According to prosecutors, the evidence against Davis is compelling, including his own descriptions of the 1996 shooting detailed in his tell-all memoir. Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025 The mother of Stephen 'tWitch' Boss is breaking her silence one day after her late son's widow, Allison Holker, revealed details about her husband's drug use ahead of her tell-all memoir. Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025 Now, after publishing a tell-all memoir exposing her mother's abusive parenting, Shari is determined to move forward with her life. Jordana Comiter, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025 Prosecutors have taken the position that while Davis may have discussed or signed a proffer agreement granting him immunity for some of his statements, his subsequent media interviews and tell-all memoir are clearly fair game. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for tell-all 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tell-all
Adjective
  • From helping design the wedding dress to that touching, intimate post-wedding scene, Karam takes EW inside Marjan and Joe's romance.
    Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2025
  • This more intimate delivery contrasted with his typically bombastic style, lending weight to his critiques.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The special chronicles the star's medical emergency.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Obituary: Michel del Castillo, a Franco-Spanish writer whose wrenching chronicle of a childhood spent in World War II concentration camps brought him renown on both sides of the Atlantic, died at 91.
    Lyna Bentahar, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But newsrooms are often gossipy places, and the letter leaked out on Wednesday, first to David Folkenflik of NPR.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
  • In an attempt to hang loose with the gang at a PMF, you may be exposed to gossipy whispers about the foibles, secrets or annoying idiosyncrasies of fellow execs or co-workers.
    Dr. David Lenihan, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There’s the tightly wound mom, Rebekah (Lucy Liu); the depressed dad, Chris (Chris Sullivan), who’s distracted by some unspecified transgression in his past; and two teenage kids: Tyler (Eddy Maday) and Chloe (Callina Liang), both of whom are mourning the recent, tragic loss of a friend.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2025
  • However, their past looms large, with the return of the unpredictable Unique (Joey Bada$$), who has survived his near-death experience and is now seeking vengeance.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Getting the right help to where it’s needed Every study of a large-scale disaster conducted by the Disaster Research Center has revealed some level of emergent, informal helping behavior.
    James Kendra, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Week In Review: Trump’s Cabinet Picks Is Our Favorite New Reality Show By Katherine Fung Senior Writer 0 For the first time in eight years—almost to the day—The Celebrity Apprentice will make an informal return to American audiences.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • However, in an autobiography that was published on Tuesday, Francis downplayed concerns about his health and ruled out resigning, as his predecessor Benedict XVI did.
    Reuters, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The talk show host, knowing the film was an autobiography, asked Pryor what being raised in a brothel was like.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The magazine’s prose, art, and history will be showcased at museums, live events, film festivals, and more, bringing its iconic stories and visuals to new audiences and forms.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Two teams in the midst of building some compelling playoff history built just as compelling of a draft history first.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Her bookcase displays her many publications: her psychobiography of the poet Robert Lowell, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and her books on suicide, on exuberance and on the connection between mania and artistic genius.
    Casey Schwartz, New York Times, 22 May 2023
  • First Freud’s patient in the 1920s, in 1930 Bullitt also became his collaborator, co-writing a dubious psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson.
    Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022

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