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rumor

[roo-mer] / ˈru mər /




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Ahead of the first-round vote earlier this month, Bolsonaro fiercely denied a rumor that he planned to demote Brazil's beloved patron saint, Our Lady of Aparecida, if elected.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Savor a celebrity rumor that was too good to be true: For a moment this week, it seemed like Channing Tatum was using a burner Instagram account to leave snarky comments on his ex’s posts.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

We haven’t seen a “spike peak” buy signal since early last June — an extraordinarily long time for VIX to go without spiking upward on some negative news or rumor of some sort.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

The rumor was false; the dynamic was familiar.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Of course it was a rumor Liyana had been hearing all her life.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

James Talarico, the Democratic Senate candidate from Texas, denied rumors that he had been secretly hospitalized in an Ohio psychiatric facility, calling it "the craziest thing I've ever heard."

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The professional ballroom dancer also slammed rumors that she was at all dissatisfied with her celebrity pairing alongside 55-year-old Rodriguez, the talk show sidekick to Jimmy Kimmel on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Holland and Zendaya first met when they were cast alongside each other in “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” and rumors soon began to surface that their on-screen romance may have turned into a real-life love.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

For months, rumors circulated that he had actually died, was on life support or was otherwise incapacitated.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

I was sure the rumors were grossly exaggerated, but we had no way to know one way or the other.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall


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