word/rumor has it
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: the information or story that is going around is
Word has it that the neighbors are moving next month.
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The fall 2025 runway show on Wednesday during Paris Fashion Week will be focused solely on womenswear, and word has it Rousteing will be working with a different stylist, whose identity is still under wraps.
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Miles Socha, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025
From the same team that redeveloped Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood, Nora spans 156,000 square feet of restaurants, retail, office space, public parks, and (rumor has it) even a private club and speakeasy.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2025
Defensively, rumor has it the Patriots covet Jets linebacker Jamien Sherwood, who fits the new prototype Vrabel is seeking at that position.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Little is actually known about this settlement, though rumor has it that no one comes back from there.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
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Miles Socha, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025
From the same team that redeveloped Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood, Nora spans 156,000 square feet of restaurants, retail, office space, public parks, and (rumor has it) even a private club and speakeasy.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2025
Defensively, rumor has it the Patriots covet Jets linebacker Jamien Sherwood, who fits the new prototype Vrabel is seeking at that position.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Little is actually known about this settlement, though rumor has it that no one comes back from there.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
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