rumor

Example Sentences

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Old rumors are cleared up along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is where the internet can frustrate me because something starts as a rumor and then goes around, then it’s fact.

From Los Angeles Times

Ahead of bonus day, rumors swirled, but she still had no idea what to expect.

From The Wall Street Journal

“No way, I don’t think people will believe that! It didn’t happen,” Solis first told himself when he saw the rumors begin to spread online.

From Los Angeles Times

Since then the rumor mill has exploded with believable, sketchy and contradicting explanations of what happened.

From The Wall Street Journal