rumor
Example Sentences
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“I think people were buying the rumor, selling the fact,” said Neal Dingmann, an analyst at William Blair.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
Online fanatics of true crime have parsed through information about the Nancy Guthrie case, filling in the limited details with rumor, innuendo and conspiracy.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 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
And when a false-but-deliciously-bizarre rumor spread on TikTok that the U.K. rapper EsDeeKid was actually the actor Timothée Chalamet in a balaclava, it brought the artist a new group of giddy fans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
“Ah—that is—I speak of course merely as an example. There is naturally no truth in the rumor that rations at the front are reduced. So! I—I hold you responsible!”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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