Rumor goes [runs, has it ] that ~ = It is rumored to ~라는 소문이다.

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Rumor goes [runs, has it ] that ~ = It is rumored to ~라는 소문이다.

Rumor has it that he is dead.

= Rumor runs that he is dead.

= It is rumored that he is dead.

= He is rumored to be dead.

= There is a rumor (going around) that he is dead.

= There is a rumor (afloat) that he is dead.

Rumor has it that you won the lottery.

Rumor has it that Jean’s getting married.

It was rumored that Johnson had been poisoned.

She was rumored to be a billionaire.

start a rumor 소문을 내다

spread [ circulate, set afloat] a rumor 소문을 퍼뜨리다

set afloat ① ~을 뜨게 하다 ② 유포시키다, (소문을) 퍼뜨리다

The report goes [runs, has it] that ~

= It is reported that ~~이라는 소문이다

The report goes [runs, has it] that he is ill.

= It is reported that he is ill.

= He is repoted to be ill. 그가 아프다는 소문이다.