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rumor

[roo-mer] / ˈru mər /




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In a tweet last week, she called the rumor about naming Gascón police chief a “bizarre lie.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

His “viral hospital rumor has been debunked,” the account wrote in a post accompanying an article about the debunking.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Ahead of the first-round vote earlier this month, Bolsonaro fiercely denied a rumor that he planned to demote Brazil's beloved patron saint, Our Lady of Aparecida, if elected.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

When a lawman confirms to Cal the rumor that Cathy, known by then as the nearby town’s madam, Kate, shot his father, Cal muses, “He must have done something to hurt her.”

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Five days after that first air-raid siren, we heard a rumor that there were guards on the bridges of the Vistula River.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

The rumors were less well-received by the three major carriers, Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T, however.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

In the downtown community, there had been rumors of a reopening over the years, but that seemed less likely as time went on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

James Talarico, the Democratic Senate candidate from Texas, denied rumors that he had been secretly hospitalized in an Ohio psychiatric facility, calling it "the craziest thing I've ever heard."

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Jolin said she had met with Manuel and told him that she believed Moore shouldn’t serve as coach if the rumors she had heard about him were true.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

All morning, rumors were spreading that there was going to be a big protest at Cleo today when the Americans again attempt to turn it.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman


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