rumor

Example Sentences

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A Nixon energy advisor had to try to quash the “great myth” rumor that gas would hit — gasp — a dollar a gallon.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

“I think people were buying the rumor, selling the fact,” said Neal Dingmann, an analyst at William Blair.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

In an interview, Clowney said he doesn’t know Ella and heard the rumor from someone else.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 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

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