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idle rumor
noun as in scandal
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As an idle rumor spreads and grows among better cultured people so superstition held in power these watchful Indians.
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"'Tis an idle rumor," said M. de Meilhan, in a dry tone that forced his dreadful friend to select another topic of conversation.
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He had acted foolishly, and followed an idle rumor without sufficient thought.
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It was rumored yesterday that the President would surely die,—an idle rumor, perhaps.
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This is not mere idle rumor; it if a scientific fact well authenticated.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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