NOISE ABOUT OR ABROAD Synonyms: 30 Similar Words

noise (about or abroad)

verb

as in to rumor

to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy for weeks afterwards, staffers noised about the department head's sudden, unexplained departure

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Last year, the federal government budgeted $400 million to spend on armored Tesla vehicles, rumored to be Cybertrucks, but the State Department has since abandoned those plans.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
It is rumored to have been offered to Janet Jackson before ending up with Spears, who held onto it for all these years.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026

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The competitiveness of that race, in a midterm year when former President Biden was in the White House, made some question whether Hochul could win a second full term, spurring loud whispers that a progressive challenger should seek to take her out.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
So my heart sank, and Mike Hodges, who’s next to me, whispers in my ear.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026

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