The rumor spread rapidly.

那流言很快地被传开了。

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The rumor spread that a new school would be built here.

有传言说这里将建一所新学校。

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It turned out to be a bum steer, just a rumor spread by one of our competitions to make trouble for us.

这个消息结果是假的，是我们竞争对象之一为了给我们制造麻烦而散布的谣言。

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At one point, a rumor spread that the food had expired and people began throwing it away.

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In 1982 a rumor spread that Walesa was to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and international journalists descended on his apartment in Gdansk, to be there when the Nobel was announced.

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