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also urban myth
as in hearsay
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Recent Examples of urban legend
This tension over competing visions of womanhood fueled the kinds of collective anxieties that manifest in modern folklore and urban legends.
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Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban legend
Noun
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Discussion of real tension quickly turned to hearsay molded by racist tropes.—
Maria Ramirez Uribe and Amy Sherman,
Journal Sentinel,
18 Dec. 2024
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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
Noun
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Fox confirmed the news during shootaround on Wednesday, which didn’t do anything to quell the noise surrounding the team.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
30 Jan. 2025
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Best advice came from a former EY CEO: Find the signal from the noise.—
Eleanor Hawkins,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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Following the false accusations, Elis posted a video to Facebook on Friday shutting down the rumors.—
Martha McHardy,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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Trade rumors continued to swirl around Fox as the Kings (24-23) prepared to face the Oklahoma City Thunder (37-9) on Saturday at Paycom Center.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The report was issued Tuesday at 5:55 p.m., and the last update regarding this incident was released on Tuesday at 6:33 p.m. Crash report: US-71 A traffic warning has been issued after a crash on northbound US-71 between Truman Road and I-70/I-670.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2025
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The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2025
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The restaurant served up exquisite dishes without pretense.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Celebrity chef Jay Ducote is host as chefs battle over their signature dishes to impress the judges on three key criteria: presentation, taste and execution.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The puppet performance serves as a grim explanation for Moretti’s motives, as well as a valid confrontation of the media’s abuse of power and privacy in pursuit of celebrity gossip.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2025
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Along with a raft of paper-thin caricatures, a roster that includes gossip show host Clara (Juliette Lewis) and online influencer Emily (Stephanie Suganami), Ariel is thrown into what is clearly a bad situation from the jump.—
Chase Hutchinson,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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On Thursday, the same day The Athletic reported that the Houston Astros had reopened talks with their free agent third baseman Alex Bregman, the team was also reported to be attempting to shed reliever and former lights-out closer Ryan Pressly.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Some high-profile pending UFAs instruct their agents to pause talks in-season, but that wasn’t the case with Rantanen.—
Pierre LeBrun,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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For all its multinational sprawl and intimations of high peril, the film is ultimately a two-person drama about a daughter (Phoebe Dynevor) finding out who her long-absent father (Rhys Ifans) really is.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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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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