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Unbeknownst to Mr. Altman, Dr. Sutskever and the three board members had been whispering behind his back for months.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2023

Researchers had been whispering about not being able to repeat big findings years before the priming bubble began to burst, says Nosek.

From Nature • Dec. 10, 2019

People had been whispering it for more than a year.

From The Guardian • Dec. 4, 2016

Yang at the 2009 PGA, failing for the first time in 15 tries to maintain a 54-hole lead in a major championship, other players began to say publicly what they had been whispering privately.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 26, 2010

They had been whispering about Walter's wrongful conviction for years.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson