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Recent Examples of urban legend
The quartet of episodes released for the third mini-season ended with a banger, another blending of a classic urban legend with a modern issue.
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
Blaming immigrants for eating pets was an American urban legend years before Donald Trump spread the rumor about Haitians in Ohio.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
Graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) summons the urban legend boogeyman known as Candyman (Tony Todd) into existence, unleashing a torrent of pain and death against the backdrop of urban decay in a Chicago housing project.
—Meagan Navarro, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
The tales shared on the show were adaptations of public domain fairy tales, urban legends and short stories that were brought to life by an impressive young cast that included Ross Hull, Daniel DeSanto and JoAnna Garcia Swisher.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
Blaming immigrants for eating pets was an American urban legend years before Donald Trump spread the rumor about Haitians in Ohio.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
Graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) summons the urban legend boogeyman known as Candyman (Tony Todd) into existence, unleashing a torrent of pain and death against the backdrop of urban decay in a Chicago housing project.
—Meagan Navarro, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
The tales shared on the show were adaptations of public domain fairy tales, urban legends and short stories that were brought to life by an impressive young cast that included Ross Hull, Daniel DeSanto and JoAnna Garcia Swisher.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban legend
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What Experts Say About Mucinex and Fertility It's all based on hearsay and there are no recent studies showing Mucinex can boost fertility, experts say.Melissa Willets, Parents, 28 Sep. 2024
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The evidence for the efficacy of most nootropic ingredients lies in a gray area somewhere between hearsay and the robust clinical trials used to approve pharmaceuticals.Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
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The decoy did make a noticeable clicking noise when spinning.Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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The footage shows a small door on the ceiling of a room opening and closing repeatedly, making a banging noise.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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The rumors began swirling on TikTok when Baldoni was noticeably absent from joint press event; there are no group photos of the co-stars at the New York premiere of the film; and Lively, author Colleen Hoover and co-star Jenny Slate follow the director on Instagram, despite him following them.Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
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When her roommate Elizabeth disappears on Sade’s first night, rumors begin to fester—until the popular girls, known as the Unholy Trinity, take Sade under their wing.Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2024
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Fast forward about a year: 25 state agencies released their proposals to implement the climate goals outlined in the report from 2023.Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024
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Drivers in Hawaii, as usual, face the steepest prices at $4.47 per gallon, followed by California ($4.27) and Washington ($3.81), GasBuddy said in a new report.Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
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There’s no dish more synonymous with a destination than key lime pie in the Florida Keys.Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
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Available in either Premium Smoked Gouda or Premium White Cheddar and Black Pepper flavors, both dishes are made with gourmet shell pasta in delicious cheese sauce.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Jeopardy! has been given a second broadcasting home for 2025.David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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Over the next twenty-four years, Feminist Bookstore News became a definitive source of information about feminist bookstores, feminist publishing, and feminist literature—as well as delicious gossip about comings and goings of bookwomen, authors, and publishers.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 Dec. 2024
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But even then, some of the talk is witty and instructive, building toward a resolution that, if not happy, feels conciliatory and hard-earned, while true to its characters’ flaws and vanities.Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
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Conversations between the Dodgers and Hernández’s camp began early in the offseason, but talks didn’t intensify until the days leading up to the winter meetings, according to people with knowledge of the situation but not authorized to speak publicly.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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The intimation: If there’s not a No. 1 seed to play for, Barkley ain’t playing.Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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The movie also introduces us to the painful humiliation of Palestinians at the border crossing and gives intimations that Siham took this political situation to heart.Jessica Stern, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2013
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