rumor
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Attitude Towards Press: The gossip columnist Earl Wilson once teased Parker: “There’s a rumor, Colonel, that if Elvis ever gets married, you’re going to have it in the Hollywood Bowl and sell tickets.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 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
That helped push the shares toward a new high on Tuesday, meaning the stock reaction could be a case of ‘buy the rumor, sell the news.’
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
But I wouldn’t put it past him to be on some Chaotic Good-type skulduggery spreading the rumor that he is bigger than streaming’s infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Then another rumor took hold and raced through the crowd like wildfire until it was repeated so often that it sounded like truth.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
During a 2023 appearance on the “Behind the Velvet Rope Podcast,” Trujillo called the rumors “pretty ridiculous.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
“The rumors are completely false,” Lucid said in a statement Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The company is undergoing major restructuring, with rumors that future consoles may simply be PC-like devices that launch Steam.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
There was no mention of reported job cuts or plant closures, but Work Council leader Daniella Cavallo called for VW CEO Oliver Blume to make a statement about the rumors, Bernstein notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The concerned look in Juanita’s eyes told me she truly believed the rumors.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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