The estate sold for a 'rumored' $12 million. [=people say that it sold for $12 million, but that may not be true]
It 'was rumored that' the factory was going to move overseas, but that turned out to be false.
That news should keep 'the rumor mill' churning/running/going for a while!
(..) in years to come by means of this stone... so can his enemies. Twenty years passed. Queen Enid had died... but the rumor that she had given birth to a son... continued to plague King Aella. Although his castle became the stronghold of all England... Aella was unable to stop (..)1958 The Vikings