scuttlebutt

Example Sentences

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That’s because the scuttlebutt on the grounds has been that the gnome is heading for retirement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

I’ve heard scuttlebutt from the donor community, some of whom are reportedly miffed to have their microscopically printed names out of circulation.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2022

All day long, on the city's brassy talk-radio stations and in the coffee shops where insiders gathered to swap scuttlebutt, Marcos' loyalists were roasted, even mocked.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2021

When Shad Khan set out more than a decade ago to become the first member of an ethnic minority to own an NFL team, the Pakistani-American heard the scuttlebutt.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2021

Just as the scuttlebutt had it, we men of the First Marine Amphibious Corps were heading for the Solomons to force a landing on Bougainville.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac