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They exchanged gossipy emails about Epstein’s friendship with Donald Trump and Marla Maples, Trump’s second wife.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
Her brief account is a bright, gossipy, impressionistic sketchbook of New Orleans personalities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Certainly the humdrum of legislation or bureaucratic rule-marking is nothing like the gossipy speculation about who may or may not bid to lead California as its 41st governor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026
Then come the thinkpieces — and yes, you could say this very piece you’re reading isn’t exempt from that label — and the gossipy screeds.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025
She lowered her voice to the sort of loud, gossipy whisper that fairly begs to be overheard.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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