While your friends and family might share information on social media in the hopes of helping others, it's common for rumors to spread in this way.

虽然你的朋友和家人可能会在社交媒体上分享信息，希望能帮助他人，但谣言往往会以这种方式传播。

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The administration makes up excuse for the invasion of Iraq out of a few stray rumors, stale leads and discredited reports.

这个政府从一些零星的谣言、陈旧的线索和不可信的报告中编造出兵伊拉克的理由。

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That's enough time for a bunch of other rumors to spawn, so stay tuned, we'll keep you informed.

这为流言的产生提供了充裕的时间，所以保持镇静，我们会告诉你真相。

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But Thailand's stock market fell for a second day, down more than eight percent in trading, after rumors spread about the health of King Bhumiphol Adulyadej.

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I'm asking you if somebody wrote apparently Shakespeare's plays for him; it's one of the rumors, right?

我想问你,有没有人替写莎士比亚写剧本,这只是个传闻,对吧

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As for rumors that some countries (like Ireland) may be vulnerable to expulsion from the Union?

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But this information climate also provides lots of room for rumors and falsehoods.

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You can begin to see how these strange explanations, coupled with an aversion to talking to cops, are ripe for rumors.

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