rumor
Example Sentences
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Like so many others here, he’d heard the rumor gripping the first major of the golf season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The stock market, however, is forward-looking; buy the rumor and sell the news, as the saying goes.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
Though both have denied it, the rumor gained strength and credibility last year as Lewandowski was repeatedly photographed coming and going from Noem’s D.C. apartment.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026
The Venticelli, the chorus-like “purveyors of fact, rumor and gossip throughout the play,” according to Shaffer, are played by Jennifer Chang and Hilary Ward with timeless vibrancy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
The real Mona Lisa, according to the rumor, belonged to an American millionaire.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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