bruit

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The main downside to the bill identified by the legislative analysts and bruited about by the drug industry is that lower profits would lead to a reduction in R&D spending.

From Los Angeles Times

Analysts have bruited about the notion that Comcast and Disney might team up and divide Fox’s assets to prevent a drawn-out bidding war — a turn of events that Mr. Iger has dismissed.

From New York Times

This kind of noise, called a bruit, is caused by turbulence in the blood flowing through an artery.

From New York Times

In these and other scenes, Castro demonstrates his much bruited charisma, playing to Mr. Alpert’s camera in a slyly ingratiating way.

From New York Times

Having once chastised people like then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry for casually bruiting that possibility about, I admit that I’m surprised to catch myself wondering what it might look like.

From Seattle Times