rumors
Example Sentences
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“Dancing With the Stars” pro Witney Carson on Wednesday shut down rumors that she wants her celebrity pairing to be voted off the new season.
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
Over the past several months the town has been hearing rumors about William Morris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The rumors were in fact true, though on all constitutional questions Jefferson deferred to Madison’s superior judgment, so he could accept the offer to become America's first secretary of state without political reservations.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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