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information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy
according to scuttlebutt in the financial markets, the company will be downsizing soon
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That means the last missing piece in the Oscar puzzle is a host — there’s been a lot of scuttlebutt but no formal movement on a potential emcee for the show after Jimmy Kimmel last held the job earlier this year.
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Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2023
With that attitude in mind, here are my projections for who and what will be nominated in the Oscars’ top six races, informed by industry scuttlebutt as well as recent nominations from the Screen Actors Guild, Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America.
—New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
Is the scuttlebutt around league circles suggesting that the scouting department couldn’t find a star with a telescope?
—Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
Amid this turmoil, markets understandably loved the BOE’s intervention, and the scuttlebutt is that the central bank moved in part because big British pension funds and financial institutions were caught on the wrong side of these rapid shifts in market prices.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2022
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Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2023
With that attitude in mind, here are my projections for who and what will be nominated in the Oscars’ top six races, informed by industry scuttlebutt as well as recent nominations from the Screen Actors Guild, Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America.
—New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
Is the scuttlebutt around league circles suggesting that the scouting department couldn’t find a star with a telescope?
—Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
Amid this turmoil, markets understandably loved the BOE’s intervention, and the scuttlebutt is that the central bank moved in part because big British pension funds and financial institutions were caught on the wrong side of these rapid shifts in market prices.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2022
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“Scuttlebutt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scuttlebutt. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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