rumor
Example Sentences
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If the internet rumor mill is to be believed, there’s no way that 20-year-old Kane Parsons actually directed his captivating debut feature, “Backrooms.”
From Salon • May 30, 2026
“Every day seems to bring another cease-fire rumor, another missile headline, another draft memorandum, another denial, and another market reversal.”
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
There was a rumor I was on her album, but I’m not — I’m excited to hear it, all!
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Of course, gains of that magnitude mean that investors may be concerned that this is a case of “Buy the rumor, sell the news” ahead of the company’s coming fiscal fourth-quarter results, slated for June.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Another rumor circulating in the streets of Philadelphia caught Jefferson’s ear: Washington had leaked the news that he opposed Adams’s foreign policy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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