scuttlebutt

Example Sentences

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I don’t know, and neither does “Tiger King,” which is more exploitative than investigative: scuttlebutt on steroids with a dose of testosterone.

From Los Angeles Times

All day long, on the city's brassy talk-radio stations and in the coffee shops where insiders gathered to swap scuttlebutt, Marcos' loyalists were roasted, even mocked.

From Salon

When Shad Khan set out more than a decade ago to become the first member of an ethnic minority to own an NFL team, the Pakistani-American heard the scuttlebutt.

From Seattle Times

In the mid-1990s, the Drudge Report was part Hollywood scuttlebutt, part D.C. dish and arrived just in time to take advantage of the new, lawless internet.

From Los Angeles Times

Rivera added that his team considers “the scuttlebutt” related to its own roster — monitoring social media or talking to others outside the organization to see if there are other teams interested in Washington’s players.

From Washington Times