wp_verify_nonce doesn’t return true on server when it matches the nonce

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    dataType: "text",
    url: ajaxurl,
    data: {
            action: "more_news",
            nonce: nonce,
            offset: offset
    },
    success : function(data, textStatus, jqXHR){
        console.log( nonce );
        console.log( data );
        console.log( textStatus );
    }
});

Checking for this AJAX request nonce locally works perfectly. As seen below, my console prints my nonce, “Awesome”, and then “success”.

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Awesome
success

When on my server, my console prints my nonce TWICE (thus proving to me they’re exactly the same), then success.

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e2ca4eca80
success

I’m… confused… to say the least. How is this possible? and how do I solve it?

add_action( 'wp_ajax_more_news', 'more_news' );
add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_more_news', 'more_news' );

function more_news(){
    if ( !wp_verify_nonce($_POST['nonce'], 'more_news_nonce') ){
        exit($_POST['nonce']);
    }
    echo 'Awesome';
    die();
}

The second parameter for wp_verify_nonce() is the action. That part is not in your question, but I guess it should be called like:

if ( !wp_verify_nonce($_POST['nonce'], $_POST['action']) ){