as in mythology
the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place
although the historic King Arthur lived in the sixth century, most of the legendry regarding him and the Knights of the Round Table is set in the far more romantic age of medieval chivalry
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The fries entered true-crime legendry during the 2016 trial of Cindy Kaye Henderson Reese.
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Freya — one of the most powerful and beloved deities in Norse mythology — is the goddess of love, beauty, fertility and magic.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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While King Triton has legs, a Triton is described in Greek mythology as the son of Poseidon and a sea warrior with the lower body of a fish.—
John Raby,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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And Butler, the volcanic personality who’s been known to generate stories worthy of folklore with his competitive spirit, didn’t produce a new tale of his greatness, scoring just 11 points.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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They’re feared as rabies carriers, blamed for pandemics and cast as the villains of folklore.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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In keeping with the tradition of the Ingenieur, a soft-iron inner case shields the movement against the effects of magnetic fields.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Those laws grew out of the state’s progressive tradition, which sought to restrain the power of wealth in the political system.—
Dan Kaufman,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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According to lore, the company turned down a chance to buy Netflix in 2000.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2025
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To add to the information overload, there are flashbacks, self-aware references to classic whodunits, digressions into White House lore presumably mined from Kate Andersen Brower’s book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, which inspired the show.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
20 Mar. 2025
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Haiden is the son of famous motocross star and X Games legend Brian Deegan, 50.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Archaeologists and historians have unearthed ancient myths and legends that speak of olive trees as sacred spaces, inspiring countless studies and debates on the true age and significance of Vouves.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Legendry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legendry. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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