The phrase "acknowledge rumors" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of recognizing or admitting the existence of rumors, often in a context where clarification or response is needed.
Example: "The company decided to acknowledge rumors about potential layoffs to maintain transparency with its employees."
Alternatives: "address rumors" or "confirm rumors".
For some time, he acknowledged, rumors circulated that Columbia Artists was trying to sell its distinctive mannerist and Italian Renaissance-style headquarters at 165 West 57th Street, built in 1916 for the Louis H. Chalif Normal School of Dancing.
The company acknowledged rumors that financier Jay Pitzker of Chicago might be preparing to make a takeover bid but added that it did not believe that there was any substance to the reports.
During October and November, commission officials have acknowledged, false rumors drove up the prices of stocks on numerous occasions.
Mr. Parker acknowledged the "rumors and speculation" about American, but insisted that whatever might transpire in the discussions, consolidation "is no longer an imperative" in the airline industry.
Bill Jewell, who runs the Fullerton program, insisted that Hutchison wasn't fired, although he acknowledged that "rumors surfaced that made me feel really uncomfortable".
When a blogger published unsubstantiated assertions about a candidate on the CBS News Web site, aides to the president complained so vigorously that the author acknowledged repeating rumors and the network ultimately removed the post.
A top executive at one of the competitors, acknowledging that "rumors have gone every which way" about such mergers, added that "there will be more consolidation in the real estate service sector because of globalization and the enormous infrastructure that it takes for any company to operate in the competitive global environment".
Asked by The Associated Press' Jonathan Lemire during an extraordinary press conference with Trump in Helsinki, Finland, Putin acknowledged the "rumors" before evading the question.
The police commissioner for the adjacent Brussels-Capital district, Ilse Van de Keere, acknowledged the rumors have been percolating, but maintained what you might a call a euphemistic stance.
And it quoted Mohammed Henniche, head of a local organization grouping 20 mosques, acknowledging the rumor's existence and informing "any Muslim who wishes to that they may be vaccinated without offense to Islam".
