rumour BrE
rumor AmE **

The next day they found that the rumour was only too true.

He had heard some rumour of my coming, and was making sure.

Yes, and rumour was the Americans had more of the same.

For that is the turn which the rumour had now taken.

Though her having several children could be no more than rumour.

But there was no sign or rumour of any such thing.

What rumour about the play helped make it such a hit?

Rumour has it that they'll return for the 2013 season.

"How under the sun did such a rumour ever get started?"

The rumour must have been around that it was coming on the market.

He left a wife, a daughter of 7 years, and a great rumour.

Does the rumour hold for true that he's so full of gold?

He did not respond and nothing became of the rumour.

Nor will I leave it to rumour to tell you of my death.

This sort of rumour is why I've started reading it to my kids now.

There was a rumour that you were involved in some sort of fight.

You know what a rumour mill the book world is.

I'd heard a rumour but when I went in, they told me it was happening!

Aaron had thought such a thing to be nothing more than rumour.

And as they rode rumour came of war in the North.

The rest believe a rumour, that the British had offered to help.

Three years after we'd buried you, we heard a rumour.

I never saw the girl or heard anything but rumour and speculation.

Someone once suggested that people will believe anything if you tell them it's a rumour.

Had father been able to learn more than the rumour reported in the newspapers?

Within an hour the rumors would be all over town.

But perhaps my father had already heard rumors of what was to come.

All along I kept thinking where the rumor could have come from.

The rumors will take on a life of their own.

Friends started rumors of a possible run for higher office.

But the decision had really been made when he'd first heard the rumors.

Then I would hear all the rumors of the area.

I found a number of people who had heard rumors.

When heard a rumor you might be found here, I came.

If the rumors about her were true, I needed to know.

So today, I want to put all those rumors to rest.

No reason to start any more rumors than they already had.

A similar approach has been used with rumors about companies.

The rumors about me are over - a little bit.

There is nothing in the book to support any such rumors, however.

There was a rumor he had once been a model.

Here you can see whether various rumors are true or not.

No one can know for sure who started this rumor.

I have heard the rumors that people are being shot.

The rumors said that the company was going out of business.

Those stories would turn out to be more than rumor!

Rumor may have been going around before that time, of course.

He was in the specific area when the rumors started.

Now, maybe, he could find out if those rumors held any truth.

There are a lot of rumors about where the name comes from.