rumor
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The move is likely a case of “buy on the rumor, sell on the news,” according to Gene Munster, managing partner at Deepwater Asset Management.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Wall Street had bought on the rumor and decided to sell on the news.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Holland, 30, confirmed his marriage to Zendaya, 29, months after fans stirred up the wedding rumor mill in February.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
In other words, today was a classic case of, “Buy the rumor, sell the news.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Or at least that was the rumor at Seven’s school.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
People are smashing Flock cameras on the street, renaming the A.I.-powered Meta Ray-Bans as “pervert glasses,” and starting widespread rumors about who is secretly using your data to train their A.I. models.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Only weeks later, the administration announced a large influx of unusually cheap imported ground beef before publicly identifying all of its sources, leaving enough of an informational vacuum for unsupported horse-meat rumors to flourish online.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
As it turned out, the rumors concerned work by Anthropic researcher Levent Alpöge and New York University math professor Tristan Buckmaster on a related question about fluid dynamics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Days later, seeing online rumors that a competitor had solved Millennium problems, OpenAI turned the system loose on all six that remain open.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
“We’re hearing rumors of fresh competition. A new show called Seal Team Seven. With real seals. We need new episodes. We have to start shooting in two days or they could crush us.”
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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