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as in hearsay
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Recent Examples of urban legend
Whitaker called Mathis, a Newark native, an urban legend who turned his life around after doing time as a young man.
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
This reminds me of the urban legend involving a person who goes to a bar, gets drugged, wakes up, and sees that an internal organ such as a liver or spleen has been removed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Starring Diep Bao Ngoc (Face Off 6: The Ticket of Destiny), Exorcist: The Blood Demon is based on an urban legend that has haunted Northwest of Vietnam for centuries.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
To the delight of the band and chagrin of producers, hundreds of punks invaded the show, stage-diving and slam-dancing their way to TV notoriety and leading to the urban legend that Michaels banned the group from the show.
—Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
This reminds me of the urban legend involving a person who goes to a bar, gets drugged, wakes up, and sees that an internal organ such as a liver or spleen has been removed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Starring Diep Bao Ngoc (Face Off 6: The Ticket of Destiny), Exorcist: The Blood Demon is based on an urban legend that has haunted Northwest of Vietnam for centuries.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
To the delight of the band and chagrin of producers, hundreds of punks invaded the show, stage-diving and slam-dancing their way to TV notoriety and leading to the urban legend that Michaels banned the group from the show.
—Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban legend
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Speculation surrounding Johnson once got so strong that the Bullet Train star addressed the hearsay during an interview with Rolling Stone UK in March 2024.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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But once voters realize Red Flag laws allow the government to confiscate guns from people who haven't been charged with a crime—based on hearsay, behind closed doors—support crumbles.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Yufei Long, who hails from Shenzhen, China and came to the US to play top-level Tennis, also made some noise here, qualifying and then taking out No. 21 Blatt and No. 14 Schaefer before stretching No.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Walden injected a bit of noise into his playing style with the group, citing guitarists J Mascis, Thurston Moore, and Jimi Hendrix as influences.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 June 2025
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People have long speculated that the lottery was rigged for the big-market Knicks despite attempts from the NBA to shut down the rumors.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
25 June 2025
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The couple first sparked dating rumors after they were spotted together in New York City and Miami in February 2025, per TMZ.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
25 June 2025
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North Korea has sent soldiers and millions of munitions, including missiles and rockets, to Russia over the past year, according to a May report by an international watchdog, the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
17 June 2025
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The report found that: Buyers would pay $1,597 more for a home with an olive green kitchen.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
17 June 2025
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There’s even a winning dish in which the recruit might have lost a fake nail.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
23 June 2025
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The cabins do not include linens, dishes, pots or pans.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
23 June 2025
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Lifestyle can cover everything from dating, drama, entertainment, gossip, fashion, style, and cultural commentary to reaction videos and hotel reviews.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors The Gilded Age returns to HBO and Max this Sunday, kicking off season three at 9:00 pm ET/PT.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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Yet Trump, whose administration had entered into talks with Iran aimed at reaching an agreement on the country's nuclear program, has backed the Israeli offensive and has openly contemplated joining the Israeli campaign through strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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Bloomberg earlier reported the talks between Meta and Perplexity.—
Deirdre Bosa,Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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Years of solitude, sharpened by intimations of mortality, have cracked the banker’s sense of certainty.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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There are intimations of down-home prosperity, like horn blasts in the fog.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
21 May 2025
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“Urban legend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20legend. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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