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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Tip-off is at 7:30 tonight in the Coliseum.
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Acting on a tip-off , customs officers seized 50 kilos of cocaine from a house in Leicester.
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Police were called to the hotel after a tip-off .
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The fact he hasn't called should be a tip-off that he's not interested.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A sure tip-off that you have structural problems is repeated ideas.
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Acting on a tip-off , they searched the car and its occupants.
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Even if the tip-off is anonymous, make it.
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The tip-off is your focus on performance that needs improvement, rather than focusing on your successes.
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The raid had been anticipated for months following a tip-off to the Metropolitan police.
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There was a climate of fear after anonymous tip-offs claiming that live weapons would be used.
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Unusual swimming patterns are often a tip-off that a whale is in danger.