Thesaurus results for CANARDS

canards

noun

plural of canard

as in tales

a rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature it's a popular canard that the actress died under scandalous circumstances

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Recent Examples of canards At the dawn of the 20th century, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion took hold of the Western imagination, codifying generations of stereotypes and canards about Jews controlling global events and packaging them in easy-to-read pamphlets. —

Mike Rothschild, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026 The canards and tails have also been reprofiled in order lower drag, thus improving energy efficiency and stability while cruising. —

New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026 Hybrid power unlocks the design Omen uses a tailsitter configuration with sail-plane wings, canards, and twin-boom nacelles. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025

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Noun

The first book was published the same year as Serial debuted, kicking off our burgeoning obsession with true crime and our tendency to romanticize the male perpetrators while often homogenizing their overwhelmingly female victims into cautionary tales.

— Scarlett Harris, Time, 11 June 2026
Set in Mexico in the late 1800s, the story centers on Francisca, a gifted writer of dark tales and fantastical characters.

— Carole Horst, Variety, 11 June 2026