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Recent Examples of apocryphal
The apocryphal anecdote endures as a cautionary tale of media’s power to shape reality to its owners’ interests.
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Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The song uses John Lee Hooker’s track of the same name, about a devastating flood in Tupelo, as a jumping off point for an apocryphal tale about Elvis Presley’s birth in the same Mississippi city.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2025
The music felt almost secondary to apocryphal stories tangential to the music.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Whether or not apocryphal rains be in the heavenly cards, twos are best reserved for book ends and bicycles wheels.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The song uses John Lee Hooker’s track of the same name, about a devastating flood in Tupelo, as a jumping off point for an apocryphal tale about Elvis Presley’s birth in the same Mississippi city.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2025
The music felt almost secondary to apocryphal stories tangential to the music.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Whether or not apocryphal rains be in the heavenly cards, twos are best reserved for book ends and bicycles wheels.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apocryphal
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In 2021, Walmart purchased Iredell County’s largest speculative building for $69 million at 386 Old Murdock Road in Troutman, 35 miles north of Charlotte, with plans to create 500 jobs.—
Brian Gordon,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
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First, during this same time, genre elements, and specifically dark speculative elements, were creeping into all fiction.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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Inaccurate debunks Amid the recycled imagery, authentic pictures of National Guard members sleeping on the floor of a federal building in Los Angeles this week were falsely described as old or unauthentic.—
Emma Li,
CBS News,
11 June 2025
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Both games made changes to the core formula that longtime players didn't appreciate, such as an influx of unauthentic skins and a departure from the class system.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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In a rare turn for Chinese tech, Alibaba is leaning heavily into superintelligence — a hypothetical AI system surpassing human intellect — mirroring efforts by US firms like OpenAI and Meta.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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However, when major rivals are removed from hypothetical matchups, Mamdani’s lead narrows, especially against Cuomo, indicating anti-Mamdani voters could consolidate if the race dynamics shift.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Republican bill did crack down on that practice but California − which has put new restrictions and payments on its Medi-Cal plan for undocumented immigrants − maintains that effort is paid for out of state funds, not federal money (because it's prohibited).—
Todd Spangler,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The multiagency operation led to the arrest of 37 undocumented immigrants – but also left the building’s tenants and neighbors shaken.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Unser comes from a legendary racing family and his father, Al Unser, and uncle, Bobby Unser, who are both Indy 500 winners themselves.—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Lionel Messi and Inter Miami honored Sergio Busquets’ legendary career on Saturday night with a lopsided victory and postgame ceremony, but their Supporters’ Shield hopes simultaneously slipped away.—
Franco Panizo,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
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Numerical simulations and a theoretical quantum model validated the experimental results, confirming that the two phonon modes were indeed in the ultrastrong coupling regime.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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In a country where disabled people are overrepresented in jails and prisons, psychiatric institutions and police encounters, this isn’t just theoretical.—
Kate Caldwell,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The second and more fanciful rescue comes some months later, after Wilbur has outgrown the Arables’ farm and settled into a bigger one down the road.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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However, some of your thinking might be a bit fanciful or far-out.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
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Visitors can see the Headless Horseman Bridge and statue, and even eat a burger named after the mythical character.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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Images of mythical creatures — goblins, dragons, flying horses — flash behind her.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Apocryphal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apocryphal. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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