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rumour::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bruit, rumor |
| Type of | dish the dirt, gossip |
rumour::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hearsay, rumor |
| Type of | comment, gossip, scuttlebutt |
Examples of rumour
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So too, rumour says, is Colombia's Nobel-winning author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
From the economist.com
Rumour has it that the two are agreed that a strike against Iran has to be next.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Rumour has it they surge around in circles, twice or thrice, for maximum effect.
From the economist.com
Hysterical rumour has shred all remaining trust between Han Chinese and Uighurs.
From the economist.com
What is even more telling is the reaction of the market to the Microsoft rumour.
From the forbes.com
If the Silicon Valley rumour mill has it right, it is about to launch video chat.
From the nzherald.co.nz
I ask if the rumour I had heard that he had been offered a knighthood was true.
From the independent.co.uk
Come on The Economist you can do better than waffling about rumour and hearsay.
From the economist.com
As big a fan as I am of Lemmy and Motorhead, the above rumour is clearly bobbins.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Rumor: gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
- Rumor: tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
- A rumor or rumour (see spelling differences) is often viewed as "an unverified account or explanation of events circulating from person to person and pertaining to an object, event, or issue in public concern" (33) However, a review of the research on rumor conducted by Pendleton in 1998 found ...
- The Rumour were a British rock band in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known as the backup band for Graham Parker, whose early records (from 1976 to 1980) were credited to Graham Parker & The Rumour. ...
- The Rumour is an album released by Olivia Newton-John in 1988. The title track was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin; and features backing vocals and piano by John. ...
- (Rumours (album)) Rumours is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. Largely recorded in California during 1976, it was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut and was released on 4 February 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. ...
- (Rumours (television series)) Rumours was a Canadian television sitcom, that aired on CBC Television. The show starred David Haydn-Jones and Amy Price-Francis as Ben Devlin and Sarah Barnaby, co-editors of a women's magazine in Toronto. ...
- Alternative spelling of rumor
- (Rumours) was released to widespread acclaim in February 1977. It became one of the best-selling albums of all time, selling more than 19 million copies in the U.S., and spending 31 weeks atop the Billboard 200 album chart, being finally replaced by Linda Ronstadt's Simple Dreams. ...
