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Recent Examples of urban legend
The internet is absolutely full of myths and urban legends about space and just about everything else, so readers must be a skeptical these days.
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Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
The Escobar connection, Palmer admits, could be a bit of an urban legend.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
Turns out that both urban legends exist, and their encounters with them give them both superpowers and a gradually growing stable of oddball supporting characters.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024
The urban legend has been that the uproar among local architects led the developers of the new building on the site to hire a firm from Houston, at a time when almost every downtown building was designed by a Chicago firm.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
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Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
The Escobar connection, Palmer admits, could be a bit of an urban legend.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
Turns out that both urban legends exist, and their encounters with them give them both superpowers and a gradually growing stable of oddball supporting characters.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024
The urban legend has been that the uproar among local architects led the developers of the new building on the site to hire a firm from Houston, at a time when almost every downtown building was designed by a Chicago firm.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban legend
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Their arrival has broadly elevated the quality of Chinese-language news content on YouTube, which has long been awash with political hearsay and armchair analysis, media experts say.—
Wenxin Fan,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2025
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Finally, Mathias said the court was right to exclude Perry’s cousin’s prior statements to police as hearsay.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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For that reason, in trying to determine which stocks may be worth nibbling on, taking a more holistic and qualitative view can help cut through the noise.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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Dominant Marist, which makes national noise, remains in top spot, while Stagg enters rankings.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
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Steiner's corroboration of this long-standing rumor has reignited the debate surrounding the true cause of Hogan's injury.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
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There are also rumors of an upcoming GPT-4.1 model.—
Emily Forlini,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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President Donald Trump’s administration again is replacing the acting IRS commissioner, according to media reports, as turmoil at the Internal Revenue Service continues.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Blue Origin’s 11th human flight—and first with an all-female flight team—blasted off from West Texas’ Launch Site One Monday morning on a flight that lasted about 10 minutes, Travel + Leisure reports.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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My favorite dish: a local scallop, beautifully served in its own shell, with horseradish vinaigrette.—
Blane Bachelor,
AFAR Media,
9 Apr. 2025
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This chicken recipe is one of those dishes that's easy enough to pull together on a weeknight but special enough for company.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2025
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors The Diablo series is one of the most prolific and influential video games series in history, with the first game in the series having almost single handedly pioneered the modern dungeon crawler RPG genre.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Get into the habit of putting empathy before gossip.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
21 Apr. 2025
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Russia and Ukraine haven't held direct talks in years.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Iranian regime is enjoying the air of legitimacy granted to it by the Trump administration’s sudden pivot to direct talks with Tehran over its nuclear program.—
Noah Rothman,
National Review,
21 Apr. 2025
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This season started with the Ratliff kids debating sleeping arrangements and continued with Saxon’s unnatural interest in Piper’s (Sarah Catherine Hook) possible virginity, as well as ongoing intimations of voyeurism and partner-sharing.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Mar. 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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“Urban legend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20legend. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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