as in to rumor
to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy
please don't bruit accusations about without confirming them first
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No announcement has been made yet to that effect, but Happy Valley star James Norton, Snowfall’s Damson Idris, Tom Hardy, Henry Cavill, Regé-Jean Page, Richard Madden, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson have all been rumored or fan-cast at one point.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 June 2025 -
With this in mind, yesterday’s creative sector plan included the launch of a review examining how broadcasters can consolidate and strike partnerships more easily, coming with ITV rumored to be on the sales block.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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In 2000, whispers of a 13-year-old phenom from Naperville, Ill. — a Chicago suburb — began reverberating through the AAU circuit.—
Anthony De Leon,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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Still, whispers point to events spread across the Italian lagoon city, adding complexity to what would have been a massive logistical undertaking even on dry land.—
Paolo Santalucia,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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And the Santa Barbara temblor revealed just how dangerous brick buildings built in that era could be.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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Instead, recent events in Iran have revealed that anti-Americanism can bind an alliance together only so much.—
Leon Aron,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2025
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“Bruit (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruit%20%28about%29. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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