where there's smoke
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“I tend to think where there’s smoke there’s fire,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
On Friday, 51-year-old Nuno said "where there's smoke, there's fire" amid rumours about his job.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025
After all, "where there's smoke there's fire," right?
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2022
“But then you also have to have a certain sense that where there’s smoke, there may be fire.”
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2020
Oh, I suppose you didn’t if you say so, but people always are ready to say that where there’s smoke there must be some fire!
From Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites by Myers, Anna Balmer
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