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Bad news travels fast

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  1. People are quick to discuss the misfortunes of others.


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Bad news travels fast, but Wiley set out to beat it by snatching at his one remaining chance.

From Shadow Mountain by Coolidge, Dane

"Bad news travels fast," said Ballard, drawing a chair to the bedside.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis

Bad news travels fast, petiots, and it looks as if some evil genius took delight to despatch winged messengers to scatter the tidings broadcast over the land.

From Acadian Reminiscences : The True Story of Evangeline by Voorhies, Felix

Bad news travels fast when a few press agents get behind it, and not all the personal publicity is handed out by a man's loving friends.

From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van

Bad news travels fast, and to the German people, who had been kept in ignorance of reverses, the news came with stunning effect.

From The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia by Taylor, George A. (George Augustine)

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