the rumor mill
noun
: the creation and spread of many rumors by a group of people
That news should keep the rumor mill churning/running/going for a while!
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That's when the rumor mill started to spin.
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Ryley Amond, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
The college football landscape has been filled with coaching moves throughout different conferences, with the rumor mill running amok.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Skenes is under team control for the rest of this decade, but given the Pirates' history of not paying big-time players, his name has already been circulating in the rumor mill.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
The arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford — America’s biggest warship — into the U.S. Southern Command area has the rumor mill spinning with predictions of a U.S. land invasion of Venezuela.
—Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
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Ryley Amond, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
The college football landscape has been filled with coaching moves throughout different conferences, with the rumor mill running amok.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Skenes is under team control for the rest of this decade, but given the Pirates' history of not paying big-time players, his name has already been circulating in the rumor mill.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
The arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford — America’s biggest warship — into the U.S. Southern Command area has the rumor mill spinning with predictions of a U.S. land invasion of Venezuela.
—Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the rumor mill
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“The rumor mill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20rumor%20mill. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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