| 单词 | rumor |
| 例句 | And there were rumors of layoffs, big ones, trickling down from head office, and talk of moving the entire production facility to China, so keeping on top of things was doubly important at the moment. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Rumors about the war, rumors about upcoming “selections,” when SS officers would weed out the weakest prisoners and ship them off somewhere. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z When rumors began spreading that the Germans were about to start a bombing campaign against Poland, Jack’s father feared Gdynia would be a target. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Alarmed by their manner and their story, he decided to ride over to the Seward home to investigate the rumor of Seward’s death personally. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The rumor was that about three thousand boys and young men from the refugee camps would be chosen to go live in America! A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And so the rumors in Santa Fe kept flying. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Of particular interest were details that could be used to humiliate and discredit Ellsberg—tales of recreational drug use, and rumors that Daniel and Patricia enjoyed visiting nudist camps. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Winnie had been invited to open the annual conference of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, and at my instigation she repudiated these rumors in no uncertain terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There hadn’t even been any rumors that the rebels were as close as fifty miles from Kamator. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “There’s been a lot of rumors that all government workers and their families are being arrested.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I wanted to conserve her strength . . . and so the rumors started. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z We screamed over good rumors and died of panic at bad news. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The news spread first along the mission grapevine and through government employees and among the diplomats at cocktail parties, and finally the rumors began to reach Europe. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This rumor often results in debates on methods of keeping hot food hot and cold food cold, which never come to any satisfying conclusions and tend to make the debaters rather hungry. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Asha had heard rumors that some of the men-at-arms were wagering on which of the great knights and lords would be the next to die. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A frequent rumor among non-Muslims was “Malcolm X is making a pile of money. ” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Germans, who’d heard rumors about the place, called it “International Gangster School.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Kids were constantly getting up and trading places, spreading rumors about who liked whom and all the other gossip. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We drank and joked about small things, rumors of the masters and the rare female students who caught our attention. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After seeing Seabiscuit walk from the train, a local reporter stated that the rumor that his injury had been faked had been “confirmed.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On this wintry morning, a rumor flies through the convent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The rumor at school was that Garrett’s mom had a breakdown after that. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “There are rumors,” my father said, his voice breaking, “that we are being taken somewhere in Hungary to work in the brick factories. It seems that here, we are too close to the front. . .” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In Sylvan we’d had a rumor at the first of the summer about a busload of people from New York City showing up to integrate the city pool. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were even rumors of secret meetings of a group called Bird Haters United. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “No. You see, we heard a rumor—” “‘We?’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It didn’t help that the last time she’d checked the Book Scavenger forums, rumors were swirling that Mr. Griswold wasn’t doing well. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “There are so many rumors flying around, the army probably wants to put a stop to the panic.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Tam Lin says you’re to stay put for now. He’s going to spread a rumor that you’ve taken a Safe Horse north to the United States. He says that should keep the Farm Patrol busy.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "The rumor is," whispered Jordan, "that that's Tom's girl on the telephone." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But there were not many black people visible on this day and Paradise had the look of a town desolated by plague or the rumor of plague. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, given the rumors Sim had mentioned, I took one of the trickier ways onto the roof of Mains, shimmying up a series of drainpipes in a sheltered box alley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z No. A rumor based on a kiss ruined a memory that I hoped would be special. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Sorry, tons of people come in there looking for jobs. You know, the whole rumor about them paying well?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A rumor had been filtering through the streets for some weeks: a rumor that made some people laugh and others grow silent, as some people scoff at ghosts and others fear them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The whispered rumors now gained currency: the Space Task Group’s time in Hampton was coming to an end. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Stanton thinks the president is a fool for ignoring the rumors and argues that Lincoln is risking his life. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Then rumors began to spread: Lyra was ill. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It is rumored that a great force of rebels approaches from the Carolinas. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z That’s the thing, people remember the past and hold on to the rumors. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The few doubts being heard stemmed from rumors that the Nobel committee might suspend the prizes for the duration of the European war, which had begun with Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We were quite used to this kind of rumor. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I hoped the rumor about the girl turning down Jawad Sahib was true. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The rumor is that Harm Junior moved to California and became a hippie. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z White people were building towers for television stations up there and there was a rumor about a golf course or something. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I thought I heard dogs baying in the distance, and I remembered I’d heard rumors about Mr. Lyndon owning vicious dogs. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z A few people glance at Emily Gardener, rumored to have anorexia. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The rules regarding admissible evidence are more lenient, allowing hearsay, or rumors. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z There were rumors that the job was jinxed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He had sent spies to neighboring kingdoms and heard rumors of orchids, peonies, and lilies. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Happenings in the outside world were muffled by the fact that we heard of them first through rumor; only later might they be confirmed by a newspaper account or an outside visitor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was while James Callender was serving his sentence for libel in a Richmond jail that he first heard rumors of Jefferson’s sexual liaison with a mulatto slave named Sally Hemings. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z During our Little School, Minerva warns us not to be swayed by these rumors or manipulated by “fine” treatment. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Shocking rumors circulated: Kansas City was about to be attacked. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Woman,” my father said sternly, “I tell you there won’t be any raid. It’s just another false rumor.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The navy warned islanders, in a message printed in the Review, “to kill a rumor by refusing to carry it further.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As rumors continued to spread that labor unions, churches, and organizations such as the League of Women Voters were under Communist control, the American public became increasingly alarmed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Anya knew only what the village rumor mill had churned out. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The war itself had been unreal to me, but I had grown able to respond emotionally to every hint, whisper, word, inflection, news, gossip, and rumor regarding conflicts between the races. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The pair of workouts should have been enough to dispel the rumors. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They listened to the radio and the fast-moving rumors, and just hoped Huynh would find a way to get them out of Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z None had ever seen the Princess, but rumors of her beauty were continual and each was less possible than the one before. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Much as the people complained, however, the tangled party line setup had become part and parcel of Milagro’s communication and rumor systems, and as such, people had come to depend on it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She said that apparently the tabloid rumors of his extramarital affair with a young black woman were true. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And the curious ones laughed and said how foolish and credible people were to spread such wild rumors. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire plan had been dreamed up by BOSS, even the rumors that reached me about the ANC’s planning an escape. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hardly “feisty” or “emotional,” as Claudette was rumored to be, Rosa Parks struck almost everyone she met as a contained, pleasant, committed, and levelheaded individual. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “There are rumors of tribal wars,” he told them. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The rumors were right—the deserter’s a Fourth-Yearling, no older than ten. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Shortly after the tragedy at Elsinore, news of it had reached France, along with a rumor of a royal heir in hiding. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Just what was so dangerous about the Professor was uncertain, like everything else about him, but his appearance undoubtedly had something to do with the rumors. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z When the depths and dimensions of icy seas and forbidding jungles were cobbled together from rumors and legends and the wild-eyed ramblings of expeditioners who’d lost half their party exploring them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There was one rumor that was particularly persistent and particularly troublesome to the members of the Egypt Game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He sought me in the country where it had long been rumored I was hiding. . . helped, of course, by the rats he met along the way. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Campus rumor, I understand, linked us in the most unspeakably depraved intrigues. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone knew that Fiver had said that something bad was going to happen and all sorts of rumors started. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's just a rumor. Clearly, you can't handle reading these"—she waves the paper in my face—"and take them too seriously." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “No. It’s the usual stupid rumor. He left Tuesday to go to Puerto Rico for winter break.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z There was no better place to hear the latest news and rumors than around the well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Despite rumors, many Jews didn’t believe the fate that awaited them. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it seems rumor has already suggested that. I overheard a girl saying that the Crown Prince brought me here to woo me. I thought the entire court knew about this stupid competition.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Okay, I understand that most of them only came because of the rumors I started about Link. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “I heard a rumor that you only had seven obstacles to face,” he says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z At this point, it was rumored, some kids wet their pants. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z "You pay me well for these rumors, my gracious queen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was clear immediately that at least some of the rumors were true—for one, that my parents were making huge sums of money. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was rumored that the Italians carried knives, even the girls, and that the morenos had brass knuckles in their pockets and steel toes in their heavy shoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z What were these rumors compared to what they had been freed from? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Even though his heart is about to explode, Jus pulls the door open and enters the house he’s only ever eyed warily due to rumors about all the drugs and guns hidden inside. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Yossarian sighed drearily and began brooding about the rumored mission to Bologna. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I’m surprised at you for spreading rumors, William,” she reproved him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The fact that the rumor couldn’t be confirmed did nothing to dampen its power. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z There were rumored to be vicious feral raptorpacks lurking amidst the stink piles, and possibly even a wild tyrannosaurus or two. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z All together, it was enough to start a steady stream of rumor around me, and I decided to take advantage of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Please, mi amor. There are too many rumors around.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did suspect you carried this babe, for it was rumored among us. And I was jealous, for the sisters embraced you, while I have been friendless here.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Yes, I can hear that it is. I wonder if somehow they have begun to hear rumors that we may close.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z As they mill about, a rumor circulates: a train is leaving at 10 A.M. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Unless you believe the rumors. Not saying that I do.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A master sergeant had once reported to him that the rumor of his coming had silenced a mess hall. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They heard rumors about it from passengers at the gate. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Tally, Ryde, Croy, and Astrix made contact with the city uglies, starting new rumors, teaching new tricks, and offering glimpses of the ancient magazines the Boss had salvaged from the Smoke. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I was just sposed to see if there were rumors of you on the road ahead,” Mr. Prentiss Jr. sneers, “but here you are, in the real honest-to-God flesh.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Penkovsky also gave the CIA and MI6 a wealth of information about the Soviet leadership, including both rumors and concrete information about political squabbles inside the Kremlin and the Soviet military hierarchy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The rumors were quickly picked up by the press, which set out to investigate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was half expecting to find nothing. You know how rumors get blown out of proportion.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She didn’t even have the generic prettiness that made him inclined to believe the rumor that Nigerian politicians swapped mistresses. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “My father’s heard a rumor that the Blood Shrike’s dead.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Some were certain it was a wicked rumor and were afraid to repeat it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Anyway, I knew he had a nice coat already: a bright orange Canada Goose parka that made my mom hopeful that the rumors about his being rich might actually be true. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z When we get back home to Titid’s, there is big fuss going on because of all these rumors that somebody Want to poison Titid. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After enduring all the rumors during my student teaching, I had been pretty hesitant to return to Wilson last fall. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Well, come on. I know you’re not shy, so drop your pants and let’s do this. I assume you want to see if the rumors are true.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The Taliban had only recently left the mountains, but there was a rumor they would be back. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I even started a few rumors that were pure nonsense, lies so outrageous that people would repeat them despite the fact that they were obviously untrue. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “There are rumors that a scythe—or at least someone who looked like a scythe—came out to address the firefighters.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Even so, rumors circulated that my health had broken down. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They had heard rumors of a student attacked in an alley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “So we assumed. But then came rumor the rats had kept him living,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As I listened to these rumors, he came alive in my mind as more legend than flesh. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And as the strike continued—the first day, the second day, the third day—there were worried phone calls and rumors that this could go on for months. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It had gotten her a full place in the legion, but it had also started rumors about her strange powers—rumors that reminded her of the bad old days. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I thought about the rumors of peace by the end of the holidays. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Let her come up with a good rumor by herself. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Then they came around from Group and told us that the rumor wasn’t true, that you were just kidding around.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes the grey-robed priests tried to get me to come into the church to say the prayers, but I’d heard rumors and ran away whenever I was asked, whether I had my loaf or no. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The rumor was that she’d have to be held back a year if she didn’t get her grades up, but so far she was managing to stay in our class. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z It was all rumors—the commissary was at White Plains. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time a rumor got going about a group of Negroes coming to worship with us on Sunday morning, the deacons stood locked-arms across the church steps to turn them away. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After a long time Selitos said, “I have heard terrible rumors concerning your wife.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had spread rumors, made threats, and generally turned the nobility against me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sadie’s parents were divorcing and the town was awash in rumors about her father. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This would forestall any possible rumors of their approach. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a breath and said: “I think we should continue the way we planned. The rumors are...they’re just rumors.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I was aware that I was being carefully sized up while he talked primarily of F.B.I. and Internal Revenue Service close surveillance of his organization, and of a rumored forthcoming Congressional probe. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been rumored that the two surviving Clutter daughters would be present; they were not, nor did they attend any subsequent session. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The rocket bombs crashed oftener than ever, and sometimes in the far distance there were enormous explosions which no one could explain and about which there were wild rumors. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “We got wind of you a while back. Just a whisper of a rumor. I didn’t really expect . . .” Chronicler paused, suddenly awkward. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There was no explanation, beyond the rumored, unproved possibility of cold drafts in the gallery over the weekend. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a whisper—not even a rumor but rather an unsaid feeling—in my family that it was love drove him out, and not love of the wife he married. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At the same time I was feeling alarmed about rumors of segregationist training programs to sharpen the skills of hooligans inside school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And would they be extra excited about doing that because of the rumors they’d heard? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z His secret girlfriend, a seamstress whom Shin had heard rumors about, knelt beside him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Joe’s friends maintained that he hadn’t been to town that day; a bank clerk friendly with Valentine shared the rumor that the woman was trying to make a paramour jealous. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They will not believe that he has ever been anything but right; they revile the President when rumors of his impatience with their general get around. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “You see? This is how it starts. A few baseless rumors get around, and pretty soon you can kiss Dino-land goodbye!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “There are rumors,” Max said quietly, “of another Aktion in the ghetto.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The rumor is that this colonel ran an entire automobile company before the war. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The rumors that Slim and Andrew and whoever else they were with had jumped Bryson. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z It goes some way toward explaining how confidential information, rumors, and jokes percolate so rapidly through a population. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But such a thing, Yellin knew from long experience, was, simply, rumor. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z One rumor originating in Hartman’s Cafe involved Taylor Jones, a rancher whose property adjoins River Valley Farm. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Now there are wars in the south, killings in the north, rumors that foreigners took over the army and want to murder Lumumba. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There are rumors that he’ll be the Teacher of the Year in the yearbook. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z There’s rumors of the Argentinian navy breaking out of its ports and cutting off our sea lines to Ascension Island. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “About your mother and whether the rumors are true.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Now the people gathered at its doors like ants, asking questions and passing on rumors about what happened last night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For more than two years, he had been spreading filthy rumors about her evil ways to add to the stories that the Romans already knew. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Just a rumor. And it’s not as if Wylan left home to take up residence with a lover.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z People whispered rumors of more and more deaths. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “There were all sorts of rumors flying,” Ruth says, tapping her cane against the sidewalk. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z We argued about the bayou octopus rumored to be living in those waters, waiting to eat us if we ever tried to swim away. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There’s a rumor the Soviet Union’s feeding the Argentinians satellite pictures of our fleet, which is why they always know where to find us. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Sallie Springer has a filthy mind, and rumor has it that he’s gone all the way. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The rumor ran wild for a few days, and was finally confirmed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And the people of Eyllwe were being kidnapped in the night and sold into slavery, right along with the rebels that rumor claimed Nehemia supported so fiercely. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They might “build on public panic to further destabilize the system by disseminating rumors” and therefore “increase media coverage” and “stress the public health system.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And if folks could overlook the rumors of a white woman birthing a Negro, well, they could forgive just about anything, couldn't they? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “There’s a rumor around that he volunteered the group for Bologna again.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “So, does she ever mention those guys? All of that mess. The rumors?” he asked. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She had always assumed that all rumors were false. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon hearing these rumors, Mas face lights up and her eyes shine once again with hope. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “These are just rumors and gossip. The proverbs say ‘He who harps on a matter alienates his friend.’ The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ve had rumors of Voldemort coming back from the Daily Prophet once a year every year— HARRY: None of those rumors came from me! Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z It’s the whispers, the glances, and the rumors that bother me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Dawn is still a blue rumor on the horizon when I limp into the Commandant’s chambers. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “There are rumors,” the nobleman said, “that deep in the hills behind Toledo lives a genius. The greatest sword maker in all the world.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Hassan’s prices and work were always the best for miles around. The crooks who run the shops around here are spreading rumors about that shop already.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z People had heard that Minerva Mirabal was coming to town today, and there were rumors that there might be some sort of commotion. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Within an hour, rumors were circulating among our class that DiPaola had been the one who let the inmate out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The stewards had probably heard rumors that Seabiscuit had not really been lame at Belmont, and they were determined not to be duped. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t ask if the rumors are true, even though I want to. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Whatever the rumors are, it’ll all be forgotten in a week—just you wait. Let him find a new woman he likes and you’ll vanish from the whisperings of the court.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z For this no one had an answer, so maybe it was just a rumor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The lumberjacks and environmentalists love me equally, but a problem arises when a group of lesser scientists spread the rumor that the leaves of my trees cause cancer in laboratory animals. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Every junior in the school had known for two weeks, and so far not even the faintest rumor had leaked out. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But there were rumors about Spares being bad luck, and Ravenskillians were nothing if not superstitious. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z According to the most up-to-date rumors, the drug he ordered from the restaurant was crack and he was caught dipping into the cash register to pay for it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost all of the fourteen entrants wanted an opportunity to go to the Interzonal, and it was rumored that some had entered to take a crack at Bobby Fischer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Margaret was so serious about that soap, when she heard a rumor that the company might go out of business, she bought an entire boxcar full of it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z So the rumors about the mute were rich and varied. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They informed her of trouble-making office rumors, expecting that she would relay them to the readers and create dissension. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a rumor that the Germans are going to demand we hand in our radios, too. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z There was a rumor that he was dying, or already dead. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z At seven that last night, our whole group was scheduled to entrain for London, where, as rumor had it, we were to be assigned to infantry and airborne divisions mustered for the D Day landings. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z It was well known that he never let himself become excited by rumor or danger. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As rumors circulated about the dangers of the new product, ethyl’s ebullient inventor, Thomas Midgley, decided to hold a demonstration for reporters to allay their concerns. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In previous stories, I told you that the rumors you’ve all heard about me weren’t true. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Another rumor had it that the white officer had been a Southerner and had deliberately falsified Grandpa’s papers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There are fistfights in the alleys, rumors that Hans has set a car on fire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Wild rumors were circulating about her--how her mother had found her packing her bag one winter night to go to New York and say goodbye to a soldier who was going overseas. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Not the backseat of a car, the way some of her friends had; definitely not in the stairwell of the high school, as rumor had it Kendra Solomon had. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “These rumors lead me to believe that Domingo Montoya would solve my problem.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “But I hear all these rumors about those two!” she goes on. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “There’s even a rumor that Special Circumstances is involved.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There’d been signs and rumors that some kind of central government was organizing itself, but no news that was even close to reliable. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Ministry refuses to confirm rumors of critical illness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They won’t get homemade popcorn balls any more, though, or apples: rumors of razor blades abound, and the possibility of poison. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, the rumors of their breakup were greatly exaggerated. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Waves of rumor and paranoia swept through the countryside, enveloping especially the powerless. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The word would get around that the cook over in Block 22, say, really knew his stuff, and they would eat a few meals over there, to test the rumor. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally her husband came to beg her to change her clothes and make an appearance in the garden, even if only for ten minutes, to quell the rumors of the guests. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A rumor based on a kiss made you do this to yourself? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “There are rumors, but they sound like nonsense to me.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A rumor, based on a kiss, is just the beginning. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z However, when the other saboteurs heard the rumor that Burger had spent time in a concentration camp, no one trusted him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I’m afraid of the table saw because there’s a rumor a kid sawed the tips of his fingers off one year, but the rest of the equipment seems less scary. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The air was suddenly thick with rumor and suspicion. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z One rumor actually had it that Cap might take revenge on the team by running us over with a school bus. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z No one offered them any cheese or roast pork, but they soon found that the rumor Salvador had heard was correct. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z One night, during the course of a week darkened by somber rumors, he miraculously escaped four revolver shots taken at him by an unknown party as he was leaving a secret meeting. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He is rumored to have been lured away from the mortal lands to Eldred’s bed in his youth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He lived on the first floor and he usually came up to see X when he had a few rumors or gripes to unload. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z How much worse the rumors would be if it were discovered that the note had been written by a hot dog vendor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Police declined to discuss a rumor sweeping Harlem that they had some motion pictures which had been taken in the Audubon Ballroom as the murder took place. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Only now, a whole army of those rumors was marching by. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Smith was pleased. he rumors followed them west. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry. You can vent. I just don’t want to hear the rumors. So stupid,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Even though it was a rumor, several newspapers and agencies—including the eminent gray lady, The New York Times—published it as at least a possibility. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “The masters down at the University heard some odd rumors and sent me here to find out if they were true,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Even those tales of razors in Halloween candy are just urban rumors. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Tally and the others spread the rumor among their city friends: Not just your face was changed by the knife. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I look way up at Tiny and say, "Can we quell the rumors of our love? It hurts my chances with the ladies." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Two of his friends’ families had already packed up and left when the evacuation rumors had begun. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Now there were rumors: a terrible defeat, someone had blundered, two hundred thousand Rebs, the Eleventh Corps had deserted. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As disturbing as the rumors of Cleopatra’s influence and Caesar’s growing power were to his colleagues, Caesar was still very much admired by the Roman people. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The rumors were even more promising: International forces had supposedly come through and taken back Kinshasa. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Chrissy wanted to start a gossip column called “Hot Stuff” about school romances—crushes, rumors, and who was going to be dumped. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z DRACO: These rumors — about my son’s parentage — they don’t seem to be going away. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “All these rumors that are spreading are just a way to try to justify what happened.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I hear rumors of eggnog in the faculty lounge. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z No one seemed to know where this rumor had started, but it was everywhere. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a rumor that he crushed a communist’s windpipe with his hands. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Soon the rumor mill was spinning out gossip that the Smith girl’s father was a drunk and the family lived in a squalid shack. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z There are rumors of hot food and showers tonight. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Emily clicked out of the forums and decided no news was just that—no news—and she wouldn’t let any rumors get to her before she heard something real. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Once, when both youths had lived with the Samanas about three years and shared their practices, they heard from many sources a rumor, a report Someone had appeared, called Gotama, the Illustrious, the Buddha. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, throughout the pool halls and saloons, a rumor began to spread. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Or at least that was the rumor at Seven’s school. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She needed to do something so impressive that it would overshadow any rumors about her birth—something so incredible that no one would dare speak ill of her family. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She remembered those rumors now, while she stood with her father and Maire Solanya in a tense silence, waiting as the sun set over the Wood. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As Royal Brougham had predicted back in June, rumors of his demise had proved premature, much to the relief of Joe and the other boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I want you to know the truth, and not some rumor that might be floating around. Mr. Terupt is in a coma, which means he’s not conscious.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Some amazing rumors began to circulate through Santa Fe,” remembered Leslie Groves. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily clicked out of the forums and decided no news was just that—no news—and she wouldn’t let any rumors get to her before she heard something real. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z That was a rumor that had spread very early on, on the train to Jerome, Arkansas, a few years ago. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “The FBI and Army Intelligence never reported picking up any rumors about electric rockets,” Robert said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They were making submarines according to one rumor, death rays according to another. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “There has been much rumor,” he said at last. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There was a rumor among the Americans that Vietnamese wearing black clothing were Viet Cong, and those that wore white were loyal to South Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Later in the evening, the two men learned about the radio program and finally understood the source of the rumor. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “The rumor is that she thought something was hidden underneath the court.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t know about the part about killing their dogs, but I’ll drop a few things into the rumor mill so people will think twice about taking that sort of job.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Using the First Daughter to start some idiotic dating rumor for attention? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “There’s a rumor going around that Warrington got up early and put his name in,” Dean told Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The next day rumors began to circulate that California had held yet another time trial. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They gather in vulnerable groups and then panic at rumors. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But rumor had it that she had mistakenly been poisoned in her father’s stead. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I rest my case. Rumors of rumors of rumors. Can’t trust yer sister to get her own name right much less any useful info.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z They began to invent humorless, glum jokes of their own and disastrous rumors about the destruction awaiting them at Bologna. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A rumor that he was going to “denounce one of the horses” during a Fireside Chat made the rounds, but he kept his allegiances secret. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The rumors that had been filtering down the backstretch, whispered in confidence between dockers and horsemen, suddenly became noisy public accusations: Something is wrong with Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “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.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z At Schindler's factory, my father picked up rumors about the war from the gentile workers. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z There are all kinds of rumors that we are all to be pardoned. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The place was always filled with rumors but this time they grew out of the Room Nineteen incident. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He made a casting of the stone and sent it to a gem-crazy duke in Lorraine, warning him of the rumors of a curse. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was rumored that she had had no childhood diseases, was never known to have chicken pox, croup or even a runny nose. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The three teammates seemed unconcerned by the reports of Ian’s reprehensible behavior and rumors predicting their expedition’s imminent disintegration. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He’s a short man with an unruly strand of hair and a limp, who may have been in the war himself, or so rumor goes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z "Must you waste our time with every rumor the fools care to tell?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “The idea that Thirteen has somehow rebounded and the Capitol is ignoring it? That sounds like the kind of rumor desperate people cling to.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Mom never hears rumors at church about our neighbors having nowhere to watch the parade, after all. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Isaac was unafraid of the rumors being thrown around about new factories where experiments were held and the danger that was coming. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z None of us was allowed near the infirmary during the next days, but I heard all the rumors that came out of it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The Cadets and Skulls pretend to shake off the rumors, but the Yearlings aren't so skilled at hiding their fear. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Bribes perhaps, or a rumor that any inn employing a certain red-haired musician would be losing the business of a large number of wealthy noble customers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps the rumors were correct about her association with the rebels in Eyllwe... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Neither of them would confirm or deny these rumors, and no one seemed to know what sort of dispute had ended their long friendship. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I love you, too,” I say, and my voice is like a rumor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And it was easier to believe the village rumors than to sit with the ache inside herself. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year—the days when summer is changing into fall—the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z It’s a knife in my back because you would rather believe some made-up rumor than what you knew to be true. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z And she was so new to school that the rumors overshadowed everything else I knew about her. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumors circulated, photographs faked. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Surely I betrayed my alarm, though I struggled to hide it Because I had given Hamlet no cause to think me false, someone else must have planted the rumor that made him doubt me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As cyclotrons around the world contributed to the list of known isotopes, rumors and expectations began to surface that the accelerator’s inventor might be in line for the Nobel Prize. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "You like to spread the rumor that she was of noble birth," Fenoglio went on. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In the next days we heard that the train had gone to a camp named Belżec, where rumor had it people were being gassed. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The rumors were in fact true, though on all constitutional questions Jefferson deferred to Madison’s superior judgment, so he could accept the offer to become America's first secretary of state without political reservations. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The yanquis, rumors go, have ringed the island with nuclear poison, hoping to starve the people and incite a counterrevolution. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At the revelation of this further indignity — Bono’s life altered universally by mere rumor — I could not speak immediately. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t know until later there were rumors of huge rewards for white women delivered safely to the embassy in Léopoldville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was rumored that the principal wanted to know why I had used the word “hell.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This made for a rumor mill and information network of substantial sophistication. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Within hours of Guiteau's attack, rumors spread, accusing Arthur of participating in a plot to kill Garfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But even as they dined and celebrated, disturbing rumors began to circulate in the hallways of the Princeton Inn. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Without exactly saying so, he managed to spread the rumor that he and Ken had an after-school job—a very serious job involving actual work. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Until then it was a rumor, an undefined, unseen question mark shrouded in fog and surrounded by ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He explained that several spies had brought him the same rumor earlier in the day. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Were the rumors about him and Noah then? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Among them, the four tired men had “checked out” some seven hundred tips and rumors. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Van tried to put these thoughts about Reggie out of his head, even as the rumors continued to swirl throughout the day. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It didn’t help that the last time she’d checked the Book Scavenger forums, rumors were swirling that Mr. Griswold wasn’t doing well. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But I had heard the grown-ups rumor that Tenorio’s second daughter was dying and that she would not last the summer, and I remembered his threat. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Years later, rumors surfaced that a white man from a prominent family confessed on his deathbed to killing the girls. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There were rumors that the jailers pulled out his fingernails and tortured him. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z It would be a good way to distract herself from constantly refreshing the Book Scavenger forums for game rumors or updates on how Mr. Griswold was doing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Let’s hope it’s just that, a rumor. Because if that happens, this war,” he waved one greasy hand, “will seem like a Friday picnic at Paghman.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z What’s more, they doubted that he had ever taken a woman into the back seat, because rumor was that he went to “bad houses” or lay, sometimes, with a slack or lonely female tenant. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would have written the blue fire off to rumor if you hadn’t been here to confirm it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I spent a few minutes scanning the most recent message threads, taking in the latest gunter news and rumors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We had heard rumors of a planned student protest. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And as there was no way to disprove these rumors they grew marvelous and very real. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Somehow she had gotten the notion that a dwarf lord- ling would be the perfect consort for her laughter Lollys, a large, soft, dim-witted girl who rumor said was still a maid at thirty-and-three. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Another rumor circulating in the streets of Philadelphia caught Jefferson’s ear: Washington had leaked the news that he opposed Adams’s foreign policy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They always have those welts, they’ve always done that time, so rumor goes: they don’t let go easily. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there was the rumor that had been keeping the College servants whispering for days. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The rumors of Meggie's supposed powers of witchcraft had obviously reached this girl's ears, too. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Some had heard rumors about young boys being forced by rebels to kill their families and burn their villages. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Obviously he had made up the rumor himself, and suspected that Holly might have just called him an idiot. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She didn’t have to be gone long for the rumors to start. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z For months, Mom had been telling me about rumors that Finkle workers would be laid off. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And the whole time he was there he felt like he was being watched, stared at even though the new rumor had taken over yesterday's old one. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z If the rumors she’d heard earlier were true, Sahel’s manner of death had been neither a quick nor a painless affair. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It had even been rumored for a while last spring that she had a secret boyfriend who was extraordinarily handsome, somebody she visited in Anacortes, but that rumor gradually evaporated. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z How it was rumored that the boy carver was enchanted or possibly possessed. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Now, Thoreau, this could only be a rumor. Just because it is in print, doesn’t mean it’s true. Before you get excited, sit still and listen.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes you can believe the rumors and chitchat,” the older man says as they slosh through the water of the passageway outside the storage closet where they encountered the armed thugs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z These were the kinds of thoughts and worries and fears that had plagued her for years—thoughts and worries and fears about every rumor and every real thing that could fit into her brain. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I had known my parents might be dead—there were the rumors, after all, about where people went when they were taken. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Why were they calling it a vicious rumor? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The rumors in Santa Fe were getting wilder and wilder, Oppenheimer told Serber. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The bride’s father was an air vice marshal, it was rumored that the Head of State might attend, and Aunty Uju joked about asking him to make her medical officer at Aso Rock. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A rumor based on a kiss started a reputation that other people believed in and reacted to. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Or, worst of all, when she and Julie spread a rumor at school that Soojin’s parents served dog meat at their downtown Milwaukee restaurant, Park Avenue Deli. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z There are rumors that General Grant will be in town. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z When rumors of Hannah’s unexplained absence began spreading through school, Mr. Porter asked our class why he kept hearing her name mentioned in the halls. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I was also encouraged by the very exciting rumor that Linus Pauling had partly solved the structure of proteins. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z And certainly no one, no one, dared repeat in her presence the rising rumors that, after eight years of fighting, the Soviets were losing this war. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Do you think she knew Danuta was a Jew? Because I think maybe she did. That she spread those rumors to protect her. And she has work that pays well.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It was only later when rumors began to creep in that Doc added the whole thing up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But Ebright, reacting to rumors his father had heard, had come to suspect that Pocock was sending him second-rate or defective equipment in order to hobble Washington’s principal rival. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The rumor that I had two dollars reached Ray Veech before I could. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a flurry of rumor about her disappearance when the rest of the school arrived back from their Christmas holidays, because of course everyone thought that she had been attacked. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Police won’t comment while the investigation is ongoing, but rumors are circulating that authorities aren’t ruling out the possibility of a kidnapping. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “They told me what your boy said when he was under truth serum. That nasty rumor Jeanine Matthews spread about you and your son... it was true, wasn’t it?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z In Mooers Forks there were rumors that a boy seen in his company had disappeared. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “But that’s no reason to lose our heads. People are being downright careless, out on the streets in broad daylight, not even dressed in Muggle clothes, swapping rumors.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z So when I came back from spring break two weeks late, with a Yazdi tan, the rumors were already swirling. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When Mother heard the rumors, she said now it made sense why Shawn had taken an interest in Sadie. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I heard all the rumors and lies that will always be a part of me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z In fact, Grandma started the rumor that she has roaches. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He spread this rumor that the school psychologist had told his mom that Jack was emotionally unstable. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And maybe I was being a little sensitive, but I had hoped—silly me—that there would be no more rumors when my family moved here. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z There is a white steepled Congregational church, a stone courthouse with an adjoining jail, a cupolaed public library, a wooden well from which Paul Revere is rumored to have drunk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And it was rumored that I, too, would face similar charges. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One rumor supposes that he has culinary geniuses from around the world kidnapped and imprisoned in his kitchens, where they are forced by questionable means to cater to his every whim. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This rumor was soon replaced by letters brought by people whose lives the rebels had spared during their massacre in Sumbuya. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what rumors you have been listening to, Travers, but you seem sadly misinformed.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They confirmed Walter's alibi and updated me on all the rumors in town currently circulating about the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z None of it was true, but it made for good, salty rumor, and it made Smith pleasingly terrifying. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was rumored that he was as skilled now as the Rehabilitation Directors themselves, and that he had even developed some machines and methods to hasten rehabilitation. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Soon I read in the various newspapers that rumors were being heard of threats on Malcolm X’s life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Later when it all turned out to be nothing, nobody would remember who started spreading the rumor—it had always been the same with the Sparra. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Heard a rumor you were a dirty;traitor,” Uriah says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Since the rumors had gotten so bad, both of them had virtually moved in with us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the rumors were confirmed: Cradle was leaving. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z An underground of rumors about the note was slowly spreading; he was becoming the butt of the campus. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether this statement will be enough to quash the rumors that several bodies were removed from the woods an hour later, remains to be seen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “And what will become of those whom you command? What will happen to those who call themselves — or so rumor has it — the Death Eaters?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Five, as far as we know. There are rumors of a sixth, but...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z That evening, it started to look like the rumor was true. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was rumored that Valencia was some sort of heiress and had paid for the million-dollar house in cash, much the same way a normal person might buy a belt or an electric skillet. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There were rumors, Luna explains, among the low-level staffers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Elizebeth heard a rumor that a former British Navy officer was their chief code maker. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Shhh, yes. There’s a rumor going around that the beautiful girl arriving today might be the queen they’ve been waiting for.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “Over the centuries, their relevance has waxed and waned. Seems like just when you think you’ve seen the last of them, you start hearing rumors again.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Her brother had been saying that he was going to revenge his father and uncles, and the rumor all over town was that Trujillo was after him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a rumor that the Brooklyn’s had a hundred scouts roaming the streets of a Saturday afternoon watching lot games and spotting promising players. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, Annabeth had spent every spare moment scouring all sources for any rumors of Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Not all rumors are true,” Abuelita said, a frown marring her forehead. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z SCORPIUS: The rumor is that my parents couldn’t have children. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “I have heard all those rumors, and you should pay them no attention,” he said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z In early June, a rumor swept through the school that a recent graduate had been killed in the fighting around Jerusalem. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But the rumor was that, as an interpreter, he had access to information from fellow Isseis that he later used to buy his release. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z We hadn’t seen Monkeyman all day and rumors were that he had left town. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Hassan kissed Aziz quickly, so the greengrocer across the street and his wife—who spoke to their individual cats more than to each other—would not spread rumors that the young couple were indecent. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Zack keeps asking me about these rumors he heard about me, but I just stare out the window. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Her countenance—despite the rumors—was still youthful and pleasing, and she endeavoured to carry on ruling in the manner of the dead king. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Rumors surfaced that the series had been fixed, rumors that gained credence when just before the first game, the betting odds that had overwhelmingly favored the White Sox dropped to even. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The concerned look in Juanita’s eyes told me she truly believed the rumors. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Gradually, the people of Rass built one from ancient memory lavishly cemented with rumor. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a few weeks ago, Julian started spreading this ridiculous rumor that Jack had hired some “hit man” to “get” him and Miles and Henry. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Neighbors rushed over, repeating more rumors: all the children would be slaughtered. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Why didn’t he just put the rumors to rest and say the sopho mores would have their crack at the varsity boat the following year, as usual? The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The crazier the rumors got, the more they worried Groves and Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But the strangest thing about Momma, the thing that made some of the neighbors smile tightly and alienated all the rest, is Momma's rumored penchant for field hands—the stronger, the darker, the better. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z You do not agree with my politics but you never have, and there are no new rumors about my distant past floating around. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A vast amount, of course, is contributed by Negroes, but there are rumors to the effect that people like Birchites and certain Texas oil millionaires look with favor on the movement. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z But each rumor proved to be false and did nothing but add to the already intolerable anxiety and suspense my father and I were feeling as we read the papers and listened to the radio. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Over the years I’d heard many rumors about my parents: that they were millionaires, that they were building a fortress on the mountain, that they had hidden away enough food to last decades. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The next day, news at last, through rumor. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever they approached a town, a rumor would sweep through their ranks that the Germans were already there. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z "There's a rumor that this kid is going around town with Ampai. He gets real close to orbs, and...well, he listens to them or something." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Camp rumors were insistent that Hitler’s government was starting to collapse and Russian troops were moving toward Germany. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z It was still early days—all rumors and speculation—so we probably weren't as careful as we should have been. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Lithuanians wandered in shock through the rubble of their homes, finding the rumors hard to sift through. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Less than a week after we had bought our new lunch boxes, An Yi and I had heard a rumor from some of our classmates. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Strong lost his hearing and ditched the gang to work in a tannery in Canada, or so the rumor went. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps the rumors of vast underground conspiracies were true after all—perhaps the Brotherhood really existed! 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Kind of puts the rest of us to shame, huh? I was feeling really bad about myself until someone told me the rumors about him.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Early that afternoon, Roza tells me a rumor about a faint ship on the horizon behind us. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Revere listened gravely; this was not the first rumor to come his way that day. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was rumored to have died, but the satyrs didn’t believe that. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I was aware that they had heard rumors that I had strayed from the organization, that I was compromised, so at every turn I sought to reassure them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And if she admitted that the Smoke was gone, the rumor would make its way down through generations of uglies. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “You can hear rumors,” I said, “but you can’t know them.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He tried to learn what he could about the rumors by talking to the aid workers in the camp. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We heard of this months later by rumor, but did not learn the full story until some of the men who had fought there were imprisoned with us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He called the rumors “absurd” and threatened to send anyone who spread such rumors about the killing and burning of people to a concentration camp. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z No one ever knows for sure where those rumors come from. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The rumors of the Buddha sounded attractive; there was magic in these reports. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z In a few minutes I’ve updated him and he’s told me about rumors of uprisings in Districts 7 and 11 as well. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m pretty sure the rumors about the Nightbeast being here started before you moved to town,” said Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “She heard a rumor maybe we found Pima.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They’d gathered in Alaska—a location rumored to have been only mildly affected by the sun flares—and they were trying to put the world back together again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Since sugar and meat were both in short supply, and since it was rumored that infants had died from saccharin mixed into formulas as a sugar substitute, these charges were widely believed. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in the Black Belt, rumors of violence spread. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “These are old but Nightbeasts won’t care. They love these things. I got them when the Nightbeast rumors started to see if I could lure it into a makeshift cage I made, but...” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z That I had left the rumors and gossip behind me…for good. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Many of the Jews were also worried about being accepted in Southern schools, and rumors of quotas for Jews in some other schools were also a worry. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z There were rumors that, this year, the winners would get the chance to have their concept critiqued by Jenny Lindt herself. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Today her mother had just heard rumors that fifty people had been killed by the Communists at the police station. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z One week later a rumor from somewhere that was not supported by any proclamation gave dramatic confirmation to the prediction. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Hospital staff noticed that he was missing, and a rumor spread that he had died, which his team decided not to address until his health stabilized. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Take, for instance, the latest rumor, which in the months since I was ordained has spread beyond the Scythedom and is whispered among the general population. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As people poured into the streets, rumors flew. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A new rumor was spreading: The gangs were hatching a plot to burn black families out. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Were the rumors true that he had walked on water against the Nacogdoches Dragons and had simply flown across the field like the Flying Nun against the Texarkana Tigers? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, asked for his opinion of a rumor circulating about that a “Red Chinese” plot brought about the murder, Farmer said, “I would not say it is impossible.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In these boats were sometimes other chambermaids, the kind who went to illegal parties in people’s rooms to drink rye and ginger ale out of paper cups, and were rumored to go all the way. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Why would anyone not believe a rumor that fits so nicely with an old rumor? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I didn’t tell them when they were actually going to die, though. That’s a very false rumor,” Teddy said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Rod is in his late twenties, plays drums in a Pogues-type, Irish-trad-punk band, and, if the rumors are true, deals a little himself, only not on the streets. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We had only heard rumors of freedom, but he had lived it, and it showed in his every word, his every movement, in the way he sat tall in his seat. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I become the earth I set my ear against, for rumors of the future. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, when I was fifteen, after I’d started wearing mascara and lip gloss, Shawn had told Dad that he’d heard rumors about me in town, that I had a reputation. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Now it came about that various rumors started in the town concerning the mute. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I have quite enough to do at the moment without trying to quash these ridiculous rumors. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There were also dark secrets people didn’t much talk about, along with a gray market of gossip that could spread the ill-informed rumor as fast as any IM or text network. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Harrison Salisbury came to my city to investigate the stories of racial violence; he wanted to find out if the rumors were really true. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He decided that the rumors he had been hearing about her hands were unfounded. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “A rumor is sometimes truth on the trail.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It would be a good way to distract herself from constantly refreshing the Book Scavenger forums for game rumors or updates on how Mr. Griswold was doing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z One of his graduate students must certainly know what his model looked like, and if there were obvious biological implications the rumor would have quickly reached us. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z There was some pushing and brawling around the tipple and rumors of gunfire up the hollows. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Hazel believed in monsters, but some of the descriptions were so wild, she had thought they must be just ridiculous rumors. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “There’s even a rumor that all the bubbly jobs go to people who had tricky records as kids. But that’s years from now.eThe main thing is to get you pretty already.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “We have enough rumors and hints to have made up a word for the power, but I don’t know of any proven instances of telepathy among us.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Another night, we dined with Pérez at a restaurant rumored to have been one of Ernest Hemingway’s favorites when the American writer lived in Cuba. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Very possible . . . there have been some funny rumors flying around lately — helped along by Rita Skeeter, of course. It’s making a lot of people nervous, I reckon.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There are rumors, but I don't believe them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Any GOPers still backing Richards after his actions toward a member of the First Family—and, now, this week’s rumors of sexual predation—are going to have to reckon with their Protestant God tomorrow morning. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The pupils in this half-secret group were helped and guided by two or three adults, who were rumored to be special governors. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z There were rumors going around about meetings at our churches. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even if I’m here just through Monday, the rumors will start flying, and the homework will pile up. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z In this triumphal atmosphere, rumors were heard again that Ernest might land the Nobel Prize. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z That morning Harrison delighted reporters by announcing that yes, the rumors about him and the very young Miss Annie Howard were true, and not only that, the two planned to marry on November 16. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z According to the rumor, there is someone out there who is seeking out corrupt, despicable scythes...and ending their existence by fire. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I collect stories. And when I get the chance I investigate odd rumors and see if there’s any truth behind them.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I hate to admit this, but I can totally see where the witch rumors came from when we were kids. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z To Maddie, I said, “Film FANatic is the biggest film website out there. They usually only publish reviews from professional critics. There are rumors that Roger Ebert got his start there.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Seven seemed to recall the rumors began circulating on the message boards after Thorn had already moved. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z What new names or rumors will I hear today? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z And Serafina listened as he told her of the rumors that had swept the town. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He spread gossip and rumors far and wide. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He asked her how she was, told her she looked great, and with all the confidence in the world asked her if the rumors were true about her getting married. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The police patiently informed them all that any rumors were due to a radio play. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z One rumor maintained that he was a Palestinian Arab who had fomented racial unrest in India, South Africa, and London before moving to Detroit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z By this I mean that we shouldn’t think that there are any truth to the rumors that the lesions are the result of any activity of American industry. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was pleased to find the skill of the talented musicians to be everything it was rumored to be. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Though it’s been rumored there are some illegitimate ones.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z We explored in the one small wooded area within walking distance, looking for the hobos rumored to have made encampments. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Soon a rumor started spreading that I was really an undercover assistant principal hired to keep kids in line. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z And more recently, the inevitable rumor that he had become a Naxalite. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I had heard rumors that our people on the outside were organizing an escape for me, and had infiltrated a warder onto the island who would assist me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were widespread rumors of cannibalism, with claims that some children hanging around the station were drugged, killed, and butchered for meat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Had she heard a rumor of our marriage? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Of course it was a rumor Liyana had been hearing all her life. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z But eventually, as they always will, the rumors reached me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We’d heard rumors that service in the military was no longer voluntary, that everyone between the ages of twenty-two and forty had to serve—most of them in the army’s new Psi branch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was one of those rare occasions when the true story is even more strange and exciting than the wild rumors. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Between rumors about Martin having been murdered and the weather, the town went into lockdown much as the children’s home had. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I was sure the rumors were grossly exaggerated, but we had no way to know one way or the other. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The rumor was she'd mix that tobacco slime with Brutus's food. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He had transferred from the university secondary school in Nsukka, and only days after, everyone knew of the swirling rumors about his mother. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The slave catcher shared rumors of a new branch of the underground railroad said to be operating in the southern part of the state, as impossible as it sounded. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He heard rumors of typhus and dysentery in other camps. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z For her, the rumors needed to be true. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “The Northern Alliance is bringing together warring factions to resist the Taliban. Shamim was telling me the rumors he overheard in the market.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Unable to catch him on their stopwatches, some of them began to circulate old rumors that Seabiscuit was lame. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a rumor that satellite phones were working and that there was one phone, connected to a fax line, in the upstairs office of the bus station. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I remember the old man they shot in District 11, and Bonnie and Twill, and the rumored uprisings. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Widowed twice, he was rumored to be involved with a much younger woman. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Their ghosts were rumored to walk the halls at night, bewailing their fate and complaining about the food in the Mess. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After Knighthood changed hands, a rumor began circulating that someone from the horse’s erstwhile rooting section had placed a curse on him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Weeks pass after we hear the rumors about Pa and still he has not returned. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve been frantic with worry—the other rangers are on your island right now. We heard rumors about a bounty on her head. Is that true?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a rumor going around that the British were forming up in New York City and were going to raid towns on Long Island. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Likewise, they decided not to use Mary Louise Smith as a plaintiff because her father was rumored to be an alcoholic. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z With each service, the rumor spread, and the crowds grew. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What I know right now amounts only to rumors. There may not be any truth in the story at all.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a rumor that he was working on a building site for the Department of Welfare and Housing in Trivandrum. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it’s a rumor at all,” said Grandma, on her dignity and then some. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z "It was just a rumor. She's fine. I overheard Du Barry talking to Madam Alieas at the Fire Teahouse. She said it was pure fabrication." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Roy, could I ask you a favor? Could you call me if you do hear something—anything, even a rumor—about the Mother Paula’s situation? It’s very important.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t begin to guess what rumors would start if someone saw me running across the rooftops late at night, bloody and naked to the waist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Consider the rumor that would have been given increased—credence. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z And yet — at the time he announced the party, Boston was hearing only its first rumors of plague in the countryside. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Trail Room of the Warren Hotel, a coffee shop that Garden City businessmen treat as though it were a private club, was a murmuring cave of speculation and rumor. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In the hall just outside the sitting room’s closed door, children in rumpled nightclothes huddled around a kerosene lantern, trading rumors about what might have happened. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I was torn between believing these rumors must be false and knowing the Nazis were capable of anything. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z But Francie wasn’t friendly enough with the readers to exchange gossip with them and the rumors died with her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Because for the remainder of the afternoon, the rumor had become different. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “And the rumors that he keeps being sighted abroad?” asked Lee. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It is rumored that they suffer greatly at the hands of their “husbands.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The rumor on the street: The Taliban were going to take control of Swat. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A short time before three o’clock the rumor spread that the official train would not arrive until the following day. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It occurred to all of them, though, that the rumors had been frightening enough to make Mrs. Ross cancel her after-school remedial reading class—which she almost never did—and come home early. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But then someone asked CaptainOverpants if he could verify his claim and he said no, and then a bunch of people started jumping on him for fanning the flames of rumors. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was rumored, but never confirmed, that he con-trolled the vast Westing Paper Products Corporation from a private island in the South Seas. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent days tracking leads, interviewing dozens of people, following wild rumors, investigating different theories. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Except instead of corn it’s any bit of detail or rumor or possibility of what might have happened yesterday afternoon in the parking lot. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The rumor that he did not want to hear anything about the situation in the country because he was growing rich in his workshop made Úrsula laugh when it reached her ears. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z By the time I got back to the fourth floor of the Mews, rumor of my nonexpulsion and admission into the Arcanum had spread ahead of me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The rumors of the queen’s witchery had been circulating long enough, and the young prince was so beloved of the people, that it took very little for them to see the obvious truth. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “There are rumors it is hidden in an ancient engineering work. We believe it could be sealed within one of the gates of the Panama Canal.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z That would start a good rumor: a lingering, invisible illness, which would get me out of such things forever. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I know the rumor that got started once I’d been living at home a few years. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the rumors, Redbeard and a man called Hatchet were mixed up in some sort of human trafficking outfit, though no witnesses had ever come forward and no one ever seemed to have proof. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We run past one, then two small, empty settlements, places that obviously heeded the rumors about the army better than Carbonel Downs did. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I’ve heard rumors of Scholar thieves lurking in the catacombs, popping through grates to grab, raid, and usually kill whoever is nearby before dropping back into their lair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It’s hard to explain unless you’ve heard some of the rumors about me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Maybe it was a rumor someone made up that was passed down since Jesus’s time. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I’d heard rumors about the serious strangeness of Mrs. Morris, the American history teacher, and I can now say that those rumors are fact. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Three calls later, he turned up a rumor of another tire, but it was eight miles away. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “The elders decided it was time. There are all kinds of silly rumors about Abba evacuating soon. Some ignoramuses even say the federal troops have entered Awka!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Jones did not pursue the rumors, and was never able to confirm the nature of the disease. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “My father spent his boyhood here,” he went on, “before the new palace was built. He says there’s a secret passage somewhere. It’s rumored to start in one of the rooms on this story.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Or, more accurately, rumor because there was never any official report. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “By the whiskers, old one,” Matthias said excitedly, “I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. Do you think that our bad-tempered captive might know something about the rumor?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z That evening he read aloud from the Bible, familiar passages from Isaiah, Luke, and the Book of Revelation, about wars and rumors of wars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I guess the rumors about Ripper being back in business are true. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Already the whispers have started in the streets and dark alleys, rumors that Day has cheated death once again. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z —When was the last time a rumor…popped up? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z But with the increased rumors of an invasion, El Jefe declared a state of emergency. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was rumored, however, that Bellerophon had a mightier father, Poseidon himself, the Ruler of the Sea, and the youth’s surpassing gifts of spirit and body made this account of his birth seem likely. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The rumors are that only essential personnel and those with medical reasons will be allowed to stay in Saint-Malo. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But then someone asked CaptainOverpants if he could verify his claim and he said no, and then a bunch of people started jumping on him for fanning the flames of rumors. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They were about to start rumors flying around the sea about the son of Poseidon and some girl at the bottom of Siren Bay. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z There were rumors the city’s worst criminals were kept in another part of the temple, in a cellar perhaps even lower than this. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z One day in the Butt Room he read aloud a rumor in a newspaper about an attempt on Hitler’s life. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a rumor that Seabiscuit’s lameness was a ruse designed to avoid a loss to War Admiral, and an awful lot of people believed it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He risked imprisonment by doing so—worse than that, if rumors about the Black Guard and their purges are true. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We hear rumors that he has been taken in for questioning by federal agents in Manhattan. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z For their part, the poilus must have heard rumors of an evacuation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z All the cold first months of 1945, rumors persisted that Russian troops were getting closer. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I told her everything, all the sketchy facts and rumors I’d overheard, and she blanched. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z But if the rumors disturbed him, he did not say. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z For one period each day, you were not allowed to touch me or snicker behind my back no matter what the latest rumor. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Someone had started a rumor about the “seven boys,” us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Craftsmen and artisans created items that were brittle rumors compared with his father’s iron facts. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then a rumor arose that those who had seen the body in the orchard noticed a loathsome crust like a leprosy covering the skin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z About a year ago Francis repeated to me a rumor—which we subsequently found was complete romance—that Julian had been appointed royal tutor to the little crown prince of Suaoriland, somewhere in East Africa. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But it’s whispers mostly, bits of rumor from the staff here who aren’t military, the ones who feel twinges of guilt that make them feign not a friendliness but a base level of civility. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It was falsely rumored that he didn’t even own a chess set. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “And your dad started hearing rumors in town, about other babies...” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Each day the rumor spread farther and wider until all the kids were looking at the calendar and waiting for the day. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z This news about your scar is the latest in a series of strange rumors that have reached me here. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “It’s only a rumor,” Dobbs pointed out with a self -important air. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Nobody was hurt. What was I supposed to say? Rumors that several bodies were removed from the woods . . . well, there certainly will be rumors now she’s printed that.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Actually it was only eight chairs, but these are the kinds of rumors that are good for business. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z It was rumored that the white officer had been a Swede and had had a poor knowledge of English. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “He had heard the rumor of an uprising, as had they; but I believe he knew no more.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was fine if Peris spread rumors—no one believed the gossip of new pretties, anyway. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Others had learned of it later, through a slow trickle of rumors, and to them it just felt like something they’d forgotten. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And do you know what this all means—that the gossipmongers once again have an opportunity to defame my son with these ridiculous rumors about his parentage. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z What also did not lead to calm thoughts were rumors coming out of the jungle to the effect that the agent was wiping out whole villages upriver on the Congo. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tightening his shoelaces, and without looking at me, Alex denied the rumor. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She wondered if the rumors about Clara’s talent for reading minds were true. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The anxiety of scarcity had arrived: the country was swept with rumors about products supposedly going to disappear, and people bought anything they could, without thinking, as a precaution. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All day long, and the following days too, I squirmed while rumors spread like head lice and the Daniels predicted my downfall. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z But if I was right—if I called it correctly—if I willingly gave someone an excuse to test those rumors about me…well…I don’t know. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She mentioned seeing him in the march on the way to Cochin and the rumors that he was or had been a Naxalite. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The rarity of Seabiscuit’s public appearances fueled rumors that the horse was unsound, rumors that were reinforced by the horse’s choppy gait. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Which leads us neatly to the many rumors still circulating about Dumbledore’s final hours. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His headset had been on since just after the morning oatmeal, his world of school rumors replaced by bombs in his ear. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z There’s a rumor that Larry Bird, the basketball player, left a pair up there somewhere. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The rumor mill had it that six weeks into his marriage, his new wife ran off with a rancher who had a big house on a hundred-acre spread in Nuevo Laredo. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Almost every day now there were rumors that the war had ended. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z A jacket over the arm could be hiding a gun, and there had recently been many rumors about plots against El Jefe. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We had been silly, letting ourselves believe all those crazy rumors. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me all this very much later, but I've put it down here with the idea of exploding those first wild rumors about his antecedents, which weren't even faintly true. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z There were strange rumors too: people said she was the only child to have escaped from the Gobblers, and she had terrible secrets in her possession. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Even a one-legged rumor gets around after a while,” he said with a chuckle. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Also, doc, right now the phone messages and e-mails are bunching up and the rumors are flying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t believe the rumors, woman,” my father said with an air of authority. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d heard rumors of disturbances there since our visit, the first week of March. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaye Bacon said she had heard rumors that we wanted to “rule” over them. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And then there were the rumors about the evil things happening on the Agua Negra ranch. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Around Easter my Nelson began to talk about how he would join the liberators once the rumored invasion from Cuba hit our shores. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The other kids spread rumors about her—the witch’s child who lived in the old shack by the docks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But in camp rumors were constantly spreading, dying, and spreading again in different form. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There were rumors of cells in the basement where the souls of dead prisoners, prisoners who had died in jail, howled all night. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Maycomb thrived on rumors, there would be all kinds of stories getting back to Atticus— Mr. Tuffett was sitting behind his desk, gazing testily at its top. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z There were rumors, likely untrue, of citizens who had swum across, or even made their way across the high, forbidden bridge and disappeared into the unknown lands beyond. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As the movie starts up, Charlie leans over and tells me the only reason they’re showing it is because there’s a rumor going around that Finch was on something, and this is why he died. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I suppose it’s better for you to know the truth than rumors and speculation. So, here goes. “I started manifesting when I was just ten. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Is that what got you so upset? It is a strong surah, but it’s not describing you, silly girl. You weren’t being evil or trying to spread rumors about Emily.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z In the morning a rumor ran through the town, distorted here and there, added to, but by afternoon the story clarified. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z On the field everything was going great, but off it there’d been rumors about Brian’s sexual orientation and the locker room had become a war zone. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Later my brother David told me the frightening rumors: Those deported were not being sent to the countryside, but to their deaths. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The rumor was they would be on the move. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The guards are all worried about the rumored coming of the OAS. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had heard the burnout rumors as just the kind of complaints that always swirl around strong personalities. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In an internal memo, Clyde Tolson, the associate director of the bureau, who had become Hoover’s longtime companion, spawning rumors that they were romantically involved, said, “We should furnish only limited, routine material, if any.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Suddenly Adam said, “Did you ever hear that Cathy was in Salinas? Did you ever hear such a rumor?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "I see that the rumors of your demise were unfounded." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It would also mean that the rumors we’d been hearing of impossibly deep snow were unfounded—if they made the summit, maybe we had a chance of making it, too. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Everyone would talk, and she knew how rumors would fly. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And it really has hurt to hear the ugly rumor going around. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people, they’d heard rumors, even brought caffeine pills to stay up through the night. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Before you open your mouth, Private,” Captain Stewart was chewing on the end of his cigar, “make sure you know what you’re talking about. I don’t want any rumors starting anything around here.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z So Dray had to deal with him for spreading rumors about me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z His dad is locally renowned as a jerk and a bigot, and there’s a rumor that his grandfather was involved with the KKK and the Night of a Thousand Flames. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The cap was gone and the man dropped to his elbows to smell the pipe but the odor of gas was only a rumor, faint and stale. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “If you come over,” Mom told the neighbors, “don’t start the rumor I’m running a liquor joint.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Nothing unnerved rural black settlements more than rumors about nearby Klan activity. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “He has such a reputation. He’s only after one thing, and if you believe the rumors, he’ll get it, no matter what.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Now and then they heard whispered rumors to the effect that he was in the neighborhood. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The usual crazy rumors: massed artillery and Russian tanks and whole divisions of fresh troops. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Not even when behind his back all his neighbors spread the terrible rumor that anyone with even one droplet of Wispy Whiskers’ blood was forever cursed by the gods. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z There have been rumors that wealthy people in the Philippines who own private estates in the rain forest have been importing African animals illegally, releasing them into the Philippine jungle, and hunting them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure, he had made a monster out of me by spreading rumors and just being his terrible self. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z In Lima a few days later, Jaime Bayona heard a rumor that someone in the audience had called the director of Peru’s TB program and told him, “Paul Farmer says you’re killing patients.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It was rumored that Mother Fletcher was well over ninety years old. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Food riots in Tokyo had claimed at least eight lives, and there were rumors of a revolution in Russia. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Harry had heard these rumors about Malfoy s family before, and they didn’t surprise him at all. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Everyone knew the rumors: Luke and his army of monsters were planning an invasion of the camp. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Each time Marie-Laure relays another rumor to her father, he repeats “Germany” with a question mark after it, as if saying it for the very first time. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The Africans had heard such rumors as that Elijah Muhammad had built a palace in Arizona. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The villagers had heard a rumor that some young people, believed to be rebels, were heading their way. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z This report, this rumor, this tale was heard and spread here and there. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Hospital staff noticed that he was missing, and a rumor spread that he had died, which his team decided not to address until his health stabilized. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There were no stories yet, just a roiling mass of rumor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure how my dad would react to me propagating the rumor, but he just shook his head, looking all dazed and confused. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I wanted them to get past the rumors. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “One, because he was never caught. And two, because there’s a rumor that he killed himself by jumping off this exact bridge.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Much more of her radical doings and she would have been blacklisted, or so the rumors went. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z We’d heard rumors of rain in the river valleys west of us, and those tales aroused the deepest thirst you can imagine—the thirst of dying crops and animals. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But like their producer said, they deal in news, not rumors. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Around them, the Bochinche swarmed with rumors, tall tales, and nightmares about the Manhattan riots. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There were rumors of scythes who required their victims to prepare them a meal before being gleaned. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z According to one rumor, Washington had pushed away a plate of peas, a favorite food. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t walk around the school without somebody noticing me or pointing me out, and it has zero to do with the incident or the drug dealer rumors. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Instantly a rumor started that Brad had hit Ryan so hard he had injured his hand. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z It was rumored to be the haunt of grubby drunks, rubby-dubs we called them; they were said to drink rubbing alcohol and sleep in telephone booths and vomit on your shoes in the streetcar. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The other kids are going on pure rumor, same as me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z There were also rumors that Leon was carrying on a quiet investigation of Room Nineteen. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In such a manner did that rumor, that happy report of Gotama the Buddha, the wise man from the race of Sakya, travel through the country. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z They chewed over the rumors that had come into town, most of them troubling. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And the constant rumors about massive secret contributions to Kwang were nothing I could see. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There were rumors that all the Japanese on the coast were going to be forced to leave. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Someone started the rumor that it had belonged to royalty and had been smuggled out via donkey cart across Germany until it eventually wound up in the Magnolia Antique Store on Fairview Street. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “All right, then. So are the rumors true?” he asked, a half smile on his face. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I seem to recall hearing rumors that you provoked that attack,” says Tobias. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The rumor that die tunnel spanning die river would use Negro workers became an announcement Planned, abandoned and replanned for years, this project had finally begun in 1937. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A few months after Khouy and Meng left, rumors that the Youns, or Vietnamese, have tried to invade Cambodia cause the Khmer Rouge to take many teenage boys and girls from their homes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Amid the fog of rumor, a few facts had begun to emerge clearly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We no longer work in the fields but spend the hours learning to fight in combat as rumors spread that Youns have invaded our borders. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even history books that mentioned them as doubtful rumor have long since crumbled into dust. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Not a hint or rumor in two hundred years, and now Tizerkane warriors were riding through the gates of the Great Library. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the hallways, nobody can talk about anything else, and rumors are all over the place. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z His network of spies has told him of increasing numbers of assassination rumors over the past few days. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z There were rumors that the Confederate General Hood had encountered Sherman and had cut the Army of the Tennessee to pieces, but they were unconfirmed rumors. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “I understand there are rumors flying,” he said, glaring out at the crowd. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He knew about the affair with Karen Kelly and had heard the suspicion and rumors that Walter's independence must mean he was dealing drugs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A whale looks like a big fish; Obama has been the subject of rumors about his religion; Nabokov was denied the Nobel Prize in Literature that many critics thought he deserved. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “There’s a rumor in my squadron that you told them you weren’t going to fly any more combat missions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And anyway, I already had my gay rumor. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It just makes the rumors louder and wilder, and always with Pamela at the center. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Through the eating club, she had friends who were white and wealthy, including a bona fide teenage movie star and a European student rumored to be a princess. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Dear Diary, Today I heard the news; along with the news, I heard the rumors. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I can believe all the rumors Ollie told me, about what might happen to the people who are taken from that place and never returned. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Well, the rumor is that it was that Fenrir Greyback,” said Hermione. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the paper never identified this statement as rumor and never bothered to retract it either. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z There have been rumors in the village that Pa was not killed in a Khmer Rouge mass execution. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Five days after that first air-raid siren, we heard a rumor that there were guards on the bridges of the Vistula River. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I thought of the bad blood between King Hamlet and his brother, the rumors that flew after the king’s death, and my father questioning what I had seen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But one knew of such things only through vague rumors. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He knows exactly what to say to each Democratic senator to make them dish about bills, exactly when Zahra’s running low on nicotine gum, exactly which look to give Nora for the rumor mill. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The CCD in their search would be hearing the same rumors: the problem was not to judge their truthfulness, but to assess the likely reaction of the other side. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z This South American country was rumored to be wild and inhospitable, but she had contacts in the Dutch colony there, through her son-in-law and other former Labadists. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I know what the rumor is, and it’s a lie. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z There were rumors about where the government was sending them next, rumors about the food supply, rumors about the war, and at one time even rumors about the government possibly killing them all. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There's no one from the hood who'll spread a rumor about me getting on the mic to spit some corny rhyme about love or the hood or my sisters. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Depends on if the rumors of the army are true or not.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z If the sight of the warriors wasn't enough to stoke their curiosity, there was rumor of a “rare opportunity.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mark kept wondering if they’d run into another camp or village— rumor had it that there were settlements throughout the Appalachians. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z And sometimes, a rumor based on a kiss has a snowball effect. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z A rumor started, and spread, to the effect that there was an underground railroad too. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah: Not only did school security launch a firecracker investigation, but there’s an even juicier rumor.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There were a lot of rumors about him. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The rumor in the village was that before he joined the Force and grew his mustache, he was a trade unionist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Some said he had been murdered by Cossacks; for a time there was even a rumor that he had been converted to Christianity and had gone to live in France. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They wouldn’t simply reason that as vulnerable as the Nation of Islam was to distorted rumors and outright lies, we needed nothing so little as to have our public spokesman constantly denying the rumors. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And let’s face it, if the rumor had made it down to my lowly rung on the ladder, you had to figure it was all over the school. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The rumor was that he’d lost a few million at least. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z You can't stop going with an old friend on account of rumors and on the other hand I had no intention of being rumored into marriage. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z His wife did not work; rumor had it that Mrs. Henry Pearson had been forbidden by her husband from holding a job. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Rumors of sightings spread like wildfire—rumor placed him in many different parts of the city, all at the same time, and so it began to be said that he had magic powers. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Even if it were an absurd rumor, 40 miles wide of the truth, it would be useless to attempt to alter ‘the verdict of history.’ The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z It was rumored by many that Bibi conversed with herself in a fluent but totally incomprehensible language, and slept without dreams. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “But another of his lovers nearly did. When she died, rumor pointed to one of the princes’ poisoning her, just to prevent competition for the throne.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “But what’s so special about it—?” Meanwhile, perturbed rumors had been scooting around in high places. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought the rumors were because of Johnny Cakes’s flair for fashion. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been truth, then, in The Club’s rumors. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was aware of rumors and misperceptions that got pumped like toxic vapor into the campaign, but rarely did any of it bother him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was rumored that in some rooms nothing was left at all. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The continuing rumors that the sophomores might be pegged for the first varsity boat in the spring had everyone on edge. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I’ve heard strange rumors about my daughter. Things I might have once laughed at. She’ll do everything she can to keep you from winning this. Don’t expect anything less.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was rumored around the neighborhood that when Sapo came out, the nurses cleaned him up and brought him over to his father. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Then another rumor took hold and raced through the crowd like wildfire until it was repeated so often that it sounded like truth. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z It was easier to feel and to believe the rumors. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Steck, I know you sat in that faculty room and heard every stupid rumor. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Separating facts from rumors is always hard work, especially for a busy parent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It was rumored that Junior had once attended college, which put him ahead of even my father. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She was not frightened by rumors of robberies and assaults, but, somehow, she was reluctant to go for Brigid’s sake. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was rumored that he had abandoned power and fortune in his distant nation, although his origins were actually never known. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Hatsue’s father— he spoke in Japanese—asked Mr. Oshiro if in fact there were submarines and if the rumors of an invasion of Oregon and California were factual. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Reporters, Ellsberg figured, following up rumors that he was somehow linked to the leak. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But pretty soon someone'll start a rumor that you fancy one of them. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “After all,” Octavian told Hazel, “I might be able to help you. It would be a shame if those awful rumors about you kept circulating... or, gods forbid, if they turned out to be true.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Baaz Mtombé’s Night Zoo was rumored to hold over a hundred exotic species within its confines; in her eleven years of contracted service to it, Koffi had never bothered to count. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was a rumor, a fable, but it was a rumor and fable from which marvels emerged, carried by camels across the desert to fire the imaginations of folk the world over. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Not a single thing to make it sound like that rumor could be true. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The President also reassured the governor that rumors of federal authorities waiting to arrest him were untrue. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Someone started a rumor that you trade blow jobs for nickels behind the gym.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z There was talk of automatic bedpan- and bottle-washers being installed, but this was mere rumor of a promised land. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The rumor was that the White Citizens Council would pay reward money to the person who could incite us to misbehave and get ourselves expelled. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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