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a false rumor

A rumour gets afloat

Bad news travels fast.

to circulate a rumour―give currency to a rumour―give rise to a rumour―set a rumour afloat

a bodacious gossip

a person who spreads malicious gossip

A rumour is afloat

to hear of a person or thing

A rumour gets abroad

Let people talk （and curs bark）!

a false rumour

of a rumour, to begin to spread

Ill news comes apace.

All I've heard is a rumor.

Bad news travels quickly.

Ill news comes too soon.

a groundless rumor

Bad news travels quickly.

Bad news travels fast.

People will talk.

The affair got wind―took air.

There are various rumours.

a rumor that has no basis in fact

That rumor is going to spread.

tell or spread rumors

I do not care about gossip.

It's feels horrible to be lied to.

a squelched rumor

to stop a rumour from spreading

unconfirmed rumors