Affairs
Affairs noun - Transactions of professional or public interest.
Rumors
Both words in one sentence
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Rumors of War takes place in a Bronze Age world similar to our own where the Trojan War was not one, but three, separate known-world-spanning affairs the left a Scavenger World in its wake.
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During the 1992 campaign, Wright coined the term "bimbo eruptions" to describe rumors alleging extramarital affairs by Clinton.
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Alternatively, Banion might spread rumors of Elodie having affairs with other nobles, and if precautions aren't taken to prove them wrong then Thaddeus and Elodie will end up divorcing.
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