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
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
The toxic content, AI-generated rumor cycles and coordinated inauthentic activity that already saturate the information environment are now sufficient, on their own, to move prediction-market prices in profitable directions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
And the whole time he was there he felt like he was being watched, stared at even though the new rumor had taken over yesterday's old one.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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