Unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information.
1 An hour later the news leaked that he had been summarily fired.
2 But before the news leaks out, there are things we must do.
3 The news leaked out yesterday, but will not be confirmed until 3pm today.
4 At any rate the news leaked out and the stampede followed.
5 News leaks in Delhi like water from a lump of ice.
6 Such matters, however, are not easy to conceal, and the news leaked out.
7 Otherwise, d'you see what it means, if the news leaks out?
8 News leaked through in the morning that the stranger had been a newspaper reporter.
9 But that wasn't the only news leaking out this week.
10 The Target partnership threw fans for a loop when the news leaked in June.
11 The journal related certain news leaks to a rise in the price of Bula shares.
12 The news leaked out on Sunday, but will not be confirmed until 3pm on Monday.
13 Shares in West China Cement crashed just before a takeover failed, suggesting the news leaked somehow.
14 Very little news leaks out from the sick-chamber.
15 While news leaked of the plans last month, Microsoft VP Joe Belfiore confirmed them on Twitter today.
16 Then, at the end of last year, news leaked out that Tesco was not coming after all.
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