This is how rumors get started and why they circulate.

Then he gave the following answer: "I don't know how these rumors get started.

But the rumor got around that his motif was offensive.

I was going to be in big trouble if the rumors got back to the Slayers.

He could not let the rumors get out of hand, nor his men succumb to fear.

Once rumors like that get started, they can be wicked to kill.

"I don't know how rumors like that get started," she said.

There was muttering, as if some rumor had got about.

Then the rumor got around that the main exit had been cut off.

I've no idea how that rumor got about, for there's not a grain of truth to it.