rumor
Example Sentences
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“Every day seems to bring another cease-fire rumor, another missile headline, another draft memorandum, another denial, and another market reversal.”
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
"Contrary to rumor, Morris Day and the Time will not be performing at the 'Great American State Fair,'" he wrote on Instagram.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Among the names the rumor mill has coalesced around at one time or another are Idris Elba, Tom Holland, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jacob Elordi and Callum Turner.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
The trigger was a rumor cycle, amplified by artificial-intelligence-generated content, claiming that Mr. Netanyahu had died.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
The rumor is that Egypt was going broke & gave the Americans the obelisk as a gift so tourists would come to Egypt & spend their money to see Egypt’s other treasures, including the pyramids.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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