rumor

Example Sentences

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“That’s a rumor going around,” Cook says during a Good Morning America interview, noting he loves his work and colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The stock market, however, is forward-looking; buy the rumor and sell the news, as the saying goes.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Though both have denied it, the rumor gained strength and credibility last year as Lewandowski was repeatedly photographed coming and going from Noem’s D.C. apartment.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

It wasn’t a case of buying the rumor and selling the news, either, as Inditex shares are more or less flat on the year.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

These were the kinds of thoughts and worries and fears that had plagued her for years—thoughts and worries and fears about every rumor and every real thing that could fit into her brain.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata