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Definition of Rumors
1. rumor [v] - See also: rumor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rumors
Literary usage of Rumors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"We are getting vague rumors of army operations, but nothing intelligible or reliable
... Thick rumors concerning the Army of the Potomac, — little, however, ..."
2. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"We are getting vague rumors of army operations, but nothing intelligible or reliable
... Thick rumors concerning the Army of the Potomac, — little, however, ..."
3. The Law of Literature, Reviewing the Laws of Literary Property in by Appleton Morgan (1875)
"In 1814, one De Berenger, with seven other persons, were indicted for conspiring
by false rumors to raise the price of the public government funds on a ..."
4. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"... FLEET—ENGLISH FLEET—rumors OK WAR—CESSION OF CALI- ... rumors to that effect
were current 1 See chap. x. of this voL ..."
5. The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century by Herbert Levi Osgood (1907)
"Andros, in spite of his efforts at first to check the rumors and maintain the
peace by proclamation, was forced at last to make a winter expedition to the ..."
6. The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century by Herbert Levi Osgood (1907)
"Andros, in spite of his efforts at first to check the rumors and maintain the
peace by proclamation, was forced at last to make a winter expedition to the ..."
7. The Soldier's Story of His Captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and Other by Warren Lee Goss (1871)
"rumors of Sherman's Movements. — Great Expectations and sad Results. — Fearful
Mortality. ... Further rumors of Exchange. — A Realization. — Great Joy. ..."
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