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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," said Ballard, drawing a chair to the bedside.

From The King of Arcadia by Francis Lynde

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

From Shadow Mountain by Dane Coolidge

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 Felix Voorhies

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 Charles Emmett Van Loan

Bad news travels fast, and I soon heard of this, and I decided not to go so high up on the road.

From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by George H. Devol

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