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Recent Examples of urban legend
The horror feature draws on a Vietnamese urban legend about a cursed Saigon apartment block from the 1990s, following an estranged young man who returns home to discover his mother is possessed.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 May 2026
As Dyer notes, the essence of an urban legend is that it’s always told at a remove; this happened to a friend of mine… In this case, the third party might have been the person who convinced Cox his attacker was a giant squid.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 3 Apr. 2026
Lots of small, family-owned and run Vietnamese and Vietnamese-Chinese refugee businesses there, alongside a long-standing Greek restaurant and a German restaurant with an urban legend about being haunted, and now, some Latinx businesses, a Jamaican restaurant, a Somali restaurant.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
One of the strangest threads is a recurring motif of a disembodied hairy leg, apparently a local urban legend, and useful metaphor in times of oppression.
—Lindsey Bahr, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 May 2026
As Dyer notes, the essence of an urban legend is that it’s always told at a remove; this happened to a friend of mine… In this case, the third party might have been the person who convinced Cox his attacker was a giant squid.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 3 Apr. 2026
Lots of small, family-owned and run Vietnamese and Vietnamese-Chinese refugee businesses there, alongside a long-standing Greek restaurant and a German restaurant with an urban legend about being haunted, and now, some Latinx businesses, a Jamaican restaurant, a Somali restaurant.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
One of the strangest threads is a recurring motif of a disembodied hairy leg, apparently a local urban legend, and useful metaphor in times of oppression.
—Lindsey Bahr, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban legend
Noun
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District Attorney James Stainton objected that the answer would call for hearsay.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2026
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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
Noun
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Hikers and walkers should also make noise when out in bear country, especially at dusk and dawn, and dogs should be leashed and supervised.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Ambient sounds, nature recordings, white-noise tracks and ASMR-style content can generate passive income through YouTube, Spotify and other streaming platforms.—
ByBryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Noun
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Because the rumors are rumoring.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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There have been rumors of people attempting suicide or dying at the facility, which the Herald has been unable to confirm.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
Noun
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The report compiled by the Star-Telegram contains data from May 31 through June 6 and 96 inspections.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
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The National Weather Service said tornadoes had been confirmed in mostly rural areas southwest of Chicago, with some preliminary reports of buildings damaged in Streator, a manufacturing and farm city about 100 miles away.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Every dish stood out to me, from the onion dip to the steak tartare to the lobster spaghetti.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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My wife goes into the kitchen and returns with beer, fruit, and a few simple dishes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Naturally, Bravo’s bigwigs and Cohen were pretty peeved to see gossip sites scooping them on their own reunion.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
10 June 2026
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Platner hasn’t directly denied the texts and instead criticized the aide who talked to news outlets and accused the media of running gossip.—
Patrick Whittle,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Islamabad was preparing for an electronic signing, to be followed by technical-level talks in the coming week.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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If vulnerability feels risky, slow the pace and keep the talk on facts first, then add feelings once both sides steady.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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Lately, those intimations have hit closer to home.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2026
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There is the visual memory of the shelves of books, but also an intimation of the weight, the heft of all the words in them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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“Urban legend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20legend. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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