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Recent Examples of urban legend
The area’s storied ship and plane disappearances have sparked urban legends, earning it the ominous nickname of the Devil’s Triangle.
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The story centers on a freelance writer who investigates the disappearance of a friend, uncovering disturbing connections between urban legends, occult rumors, and a sinister truth hidden in Japan’s Kinki region.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
The exact circumstances and fuzzy details of the riot have been debated and researched for decades — including an urban legend that some cadets in College Station attempted to take a howitzer to Waco via a rail car.
—David Ubben, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Herbison asked Peters about an urban legend around Music Row that Reba McEntire was offered the song, but turned it down.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The story centers on a freelance writer who investigates the disappearance of a friend, uncovering disturbing connections between urban legends, occult rumors, and a sinister truth hidden in Japan’s Kinki region.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
The exact circumstances and fuzzy details of the riot have been debated and researched for decades — including an urban legend that some cadets in College Station attempted to take a howitzer to Waco via a rail car.
—David Ubben, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Herbison asked Peters about an urban legend around Music Row that Reba McEntire was offered the song, but turned it down.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban legend
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Out-of-court testimony, known as hearsay, is generally not allowed at trial, whereas in conspiracy proceedings, a courtroom rule will enable prosecutors to enter into evidence otherwise inadmissible confessions of a conspiracy.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Aug. 2025
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Acting on hearsay, or overreacting emotionally, can create a whole bunch of problems.—
Elizabeth Pearson,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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First, despite tabloid headlines about Leto, such noise doesn’t factor into moviegoers’ decisions to buy or not buy a ticket; it could be argued most were not even in the know of the June Air Mail exposé on his alleged behavior.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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The outlet reported that noise from the construction was also audible on the White House's campus.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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There are also ongoing rumors that former WWE star, Chris Jericho, could make his return after his AEW contract ends, and also have a retirement tour next year.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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The comments come amid longtime rumors of a feud between the beauty moguls, which stems from Gomez’s past romance with Hailey’s now-husband Justin Bieber.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Early Saturday, Ann Davis, 55, of Maynard was killed in a crash in rural Randolph County, a report from state police says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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Multiple reports indicate Napier will be fired if the Gators lose a fifth game this season.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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So does Stagier Bar, with creations like dumplings filled with lomo saltado, a Peruvian dish of sautéed beef that hints at the chef Joel Baeza’s Latin American roots.—
Emilio Parra Doiztua,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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But in the kitchen and throughout grocery stores, zucchini is treated as a vegetable since it’s typically used in savory dishes.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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What started as the follow-up to D’Angelo’s 1995 platinum debut, Brown Sugar (written and recorded entirely by D’Angelo in his mother’s house in Richmond, Virginia), became five years of study at Soul University, complete with classes, pranks, gossip and equal amounts of discipline and laziness.—
Touré,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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None of it was true, but gossip takes on its own life.—
Jon Landau,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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But as Muttaqi went about a public relations blitz in India and held talks with Indian officials, deadly clashes erupted along the Durand Line border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent days.—
Happymon Jacob,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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The banks are discussing an emergency loan backed by Argentine assets, the people said, while cautioning that talks are ongoing and specific collateral is still being ironed out.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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The very strong intimation is that I was nourished by this wasteland.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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In a video posted Friday on X, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick doubled down on his intimation that the Texas Lottery's days might be numbered, coming less than two weeks after the Texas House recommended reducing its budget to zero.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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