scuttlebutt

Example Sentences

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The leaguewide scuttlebutt was whether the Packers would blow up their roster after what was clearly a lost season and part ways with Aaron Rodgers.

From Seattle Times

I’ve heard scuttlebutt from the donor community, some of whom are reportedly miffed to have their microscopically printed names out of circulation.

From Washington Post

Experts - agreeing with scuttlebutt in the streets - say the country can’t afford to buy all the diesel it needs and what it has is being directed to generate power.

From Washington Times

Experts — agreeing with scuttlebutt in the streets — say the country can’t afford to buy all the diesel it needs and what it has is being directed to generate power.

From Seattle Times

“I was favor-trading with people who were causing real-world harm so I could get a pat on the head from some client who wanted self-serving scuttlebutt fed to the rubes,” he writes of his career.

From New York Times