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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a rumor about" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing hearsay or unverified information regarding a specific subject or person.
Example: "There was a rumor about the company's potential merger circulating among the employees."
Alternatives: "a story regarding" or "an allegation concerning".
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But I heard a rumor about her and Rick Santorum.
In 2006, a Polish woman named Justyna heard a rumor about a new abortion pill.
Amid the stories of temptation, there was also a rumor about drugs.
They pursue a rumor about top-secret government research on genetically engineered gigantic animals for military use.
Everyone heard a rumor about the elevator that was stopped by emergency brakes after going into a free fall.
One day, he said, his father heard a rumor about the gold to be found in Venezuela.
At T.W.A., there was a rumor about a flight attendant who had her apron embroidered with the name O. Miss, as in "O.
"I think it was an allegation or a rumor about Ms. Landrieu's office not dealing with phone calls about health reform," said J. Garrison Jordan, the lawyer for Robert Flanagan, the only one of the four men from Louisiana.
We were dismayed to read the other day that 9 years ago the law-enforcement agency, by its own admission, planted a rumor about the movie actress Jean Seberg with a Hollywood gossip columnist.
"I was just out of college in the summer of 1991, and I heard a rumor about him, so I jumped in my car and drove down to his campaign headquarters.
Later in the piece, though, Mr. Roth describes another social encounter with Mr. Broyard that occurred in 1958, and says someone that day mentioned to him a rumor about Mr. Broyard's race.
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