This, too, is mere rumour.
As with a run on a bank, "the mere rumour of failure can prove lethal".
The mere rumour of an LRA presence is enough to send people scattering into the bush.
The clamour around us was immensely far off now, the mere rumour of a distant uproar.
A Union soldier supposedly took it from the state capitol building in 1865 to Tippecanoe, Ohio.For years, the document was a mere rumour.
Town officials gleefully bulldoze historic sites on the mere rumour that a Wal-Mart advance team has been spotted on Main Street.
As for deference to monarchy, that has hardly vanished: note the trembling horror stirred by the mere rumour that there might be strikes on royal wedding day.
"Dealers are likely to continue to buy every stock on the mere rumour of interest and longer term holders of stock will be more than happy to see speculation rise in their portfolios," said Simon Denham of Capital Spreads.
"What I was told was more than mere rumour: Pamuk recently withdrew $400,000 from his bank account and said he would leave Turkey and would not be returning to his country anytime soon," wrote Altayli.
This may be mere rumour - although Channel 4's Jon Snow has blogged about First Great Western's 'aggressively anti-bike' attitudes - but it certanly speaks to a definite dislike for bikes on trains, since we take up space that could be sold to "proper", non-oily customers.
The mere rumour this year that Guzman might make the list was enough to provoke outrage in Mexico, where the president, Felipe Calderon – who has not made the list – said without naming Forbes: "Magazines are not only attacking and lying about the situation in Mexico but are also praising criminals".
