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also urban myth
as in hearsay
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Recent Examples of urban legend
According to urban legend, the woods of North America are littered with strange staircases.
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Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
The plot follows a group of law enforcement officers investigating a series of mysterious murders connected to the infamous Route 666, blending supernatural elements with urban legend for a suspenseful ride through the dark history of the road.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Theories as to what happened became the stuff of urban legend and online chatter.
—David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Her feature debut, The Challat of Tunis (2014), used documentary techniques to probe a local urban legend.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
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Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
The plot follows a group of law enforcement officers investigating a series of mysterious murders connected to the infamous Route 666, blending supernatural elements with urban legend for a suspenseful ride through the dark history of the road.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Theories as to what happened became the stuff of urban legend and online chatter.
—David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Her feature debut, The Challat of Tunis (2014), used documentary techniques to probe a local urban legend.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban legend
Noun
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Rather than operating on hearsay or memory, both of which are highly fallible, a flowchart outlines precisely what each section of a team is doing and allows everyone to work together in greater synchrony.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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Calm sea and prosperous voyage—a dream for Goethe and Mendelssohn, for any parent, and perhaps for all men and women—was but a hearsay.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Tens of thousands of people are flocking to Bayfront Park for the Ultra Music Festival, an annual electronic music event that has once again brought both excitement and concerns over noise and safety to downtown Miami.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Prior work has explored ultrasound sensing mainly on ground robots, but applying it to aerial robots has been difficult due to propeller noise and weak signals.—
Nitin Sanket,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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Speculation and rumors ran rampant and the dissemination of official information was slow.—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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Trezak also asked that parents remind their students to avoid spreading rumors or unverified information, particularly on social media.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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In a statement, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not deny the reports.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Miami Herald staff writer Devoun Cetoute contributed to this report.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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Even your daily dishes can add beauty to your home when displayed party-closet style in an open or glass-doored kitchen cabinet.—
Kelley Bruss,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Shakshuka Shakshuka, that stewy egg dish, is everywhere.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
26 Mar. 2026
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The confirmation came weeks after gossip blog DeuxMoi reported that Wilson and Batula were allegedly hooking up.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Apr. 2026
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On recess — and on camera As lawmakers headed out of Washington last week, the celebrity-gossip outlet TMZ put out a call.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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But the proposal was full of cartoonishly goofy faux spy talk.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Pakistan said Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt will send top diplomats to Islamabad for talks aimed at ending the war, arriving Sunday for a two-day visit.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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But across the entire novel, there are intimations of other ways to be, of other possibilities for the narrator.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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Sure, there’s the intimation of a world gone to pieces, whether from a quantum apocalypse or an ecological catastrophe; there’s the presentation of a modern self, stripped of its qualities and evacuated of purpose.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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