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 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

These things are always cautionary tales, and people don’t realize them.

— Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
There have been a few studies suggesting that Maurten’s version does indeed minimize GI problems and enhance endurance performance—not a huge body of evidence, but enough to buttress the widespread anecdotal tales of elite athletes relying on it.

— Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 25 Feb. 2026