Oil prices retreated in a market so sluggish traders would not even jump at rumors.

No science at all, really, just rumors and hunches and gut instincts.

Oil prices retreated yesterday in a market that was so sluggish traders would not even jump at rumors, as they have for weeks.

And many of those players have scratched their heads at recent rumors.

The Veracruz law is specifically aimed at false rumors that create unnecessary panic.

He'd always wondered at the legends and rumors; now he knew what it was that frightened vampires.

In these conditions, they could have panicked at rumors of a rebellion and rounded up "likely" slaves.

At least for now, traders appear to have stopped jumping at news or rumors from the Persian Gulf war.

As in the Alabama church bombing case, a new generation of prosecutors took a look at old rumors.

Neither should one become alarmed at rumors.