rumour

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This rumour was all over the place following whispers at Paris fashion week, but as there are no other details of cast, crew or director we can only assume that the movie is in the very early stages of being put together, although

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  • He, therefore, sent Savary, in whose practised cunning and duplicity he hoped to find a remedy for the military rashness of Murat, to assume the chief direction of affairs at Madrid; and the rumour was actively spread, that the Emperor was about to appear there in person without delay. —  The History of Napoleon Buonaparte
  • [1] Ten days later the Jacobite's Journal had ceased to exist; and that a rumour was abroad connecting this demise of the Journal with the bestowal of a new and arduous post on its editor appears from a paragraph in the London Evening Post . —  Henry Fielding: A Memoir
  • The one thing that does worry me a bit about this rumour is the suggestion of a console version. —  Latest from PALGN
  • Michael Arrington reported what he called a rumour on technology blog Techcrunch on Thursday night, saying Mountain View-based Google could pay more than $250 million for San Francisco-based Twitter.
  • Having said that, i don't know if this rumour is anything more than mere publicity and speculation really. —  Corrieblog
 

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/ˈrumər/
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