gossip

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Hannah said she has respected the Kennedy family’s privacy and, like Schlossberg, condemned “self-serving sensationalists trading in gossip, innuendo and speculation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Historically, women who wed royals have faced intense pressure to produce sons and some family members are regular subjects of online and media gossip.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

"We'd say it's impossible because of the communication, everybody talking, the different games are quite fast-paced, the gossip, the drama," he explains.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

It’s also prompted my kind of sports gossip, about how good the 21-year-old might be if he switched to another sport:

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

I was standing just outside Mr. Zenger’s butcher shop one hot morning, making sure to keep my body in the rectangle of shade his awning was providing, when I overheard some gossip.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan