rumor
Example Sentences
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Like so many others here, he’d heard the rumor gripping the first major of the golf season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
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
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
Not a hint or rumor in two hundred years, and now Tizerkane warriors were riding through the gates of the Great Library.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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