11.   Soon, however, word reached the NSC that Tamraz was suggesting to foreign governments he had secured White House backing.

12.   Terrified, Jakob denies it, knowing that he will be executed if word reaches the Germans.

13.   The case has had extensive publicity in the Southern Tier of New York, but it is not clear whether word has reached everyone who visited the fair.

14.   The question was whether word of the oration would reach the jurors during conjugal visits, set for Saturday night.

15.   When word of the lynching reached Marietta, people rushed to the scene and snapped photos of the corpse and snipped pieces of the rope for souvenirs.

16.   When word of their deaths reached England, Scott was hailed as a hero, an exemplar of English gentlemanly pluck in the face of dire adversity.

17.   When word of this reached me, I started calling around to nail down the facts.

18.   When word reached the company through Udvarhelyi, it donated the trowels.

19.   When word reaches Henry that his grandfather has suffered a stroke, he abandons his big Chelsea gallery opening and takes the next flight home.

20.   When word of that outcome reached the crowd, it surged against the police officers, witnesses said.