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Recent Examples of urban legend
While renovating an elementary school in Mexico, workers stumbled upon a historic coffin and collection of burials — and confirmed an urban legend about the 400-year-old building.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
The festivities have also given rise to the urban legend that more margaritas are served on Cinco de Mayo than on any other day of the year.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
In this case, toxic masculinity gets merged with the urban legend of an underground that steals kidneys and leaves people in bathtubs.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
Whitaker called Mathis, a Newark native, an urban legend who turned his life around after doing time as a young man.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
The festivities have also given rise to the urban legend that more margaritas are served on Cinco de Mayo than on any other day of the year.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
In this case, toxic masculinity gets merged with the urban legend of an underground that steals kidneys and leaves people in bathtubs.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
Whitaker called Mathis, a Newark native, an urban legend who turned his life around after doing time as a young man.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban legend
Noun
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In 2022, the California Court of Appeals upheld the ruling that Michael's defamation claim was based on inadmissible hearsay.—
Alexia Fernández,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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Speculation surrounding Johnson once got so strong that the Bullet Train star addressed the hearsay during an interview with Rolling Stone UK in March 2024.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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During his eight years as a state senator and 12 years as lieutenant governor, Patrick has consistently used visuals and language essential for delivering a message that cuts through the noise of modern political discourse.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The soundscape options include rain, forest noises, white noise and more.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Tuesday, Paddack was on his way to Target Field when his agent at Boras Corp. called and said trade rumors were picking up.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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To further fuel breakup allegations, in May, rumors surfaced that the Baton Rouge, Louisiana native stepped out on her soon-to-be ex-husband with her trainer.—
Essence,
Essence,
31 July 2025
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Among those reports, according to the FTC, Customs and Board Protection imposters ranked as the fourth most common with 3,466 reports in the first four months of 2025.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
24 July 2025
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The comments from Van Orden, a swing district Republican, came after Trump this week accused Obama of treason following a report from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that attempted to undercut a years-old, bipartisan assessment that Russia wanted Trump to win the 2016 election.—
Lawrence Andrea,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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The menu includes drunken noodles with Chinese broccoli, peppers, onions and Thai basil in soy sauce; lo mein, with egg noodles, cabbage and vegetables in XO sauce, and rice dishes such as General Tso's chicken and sweet-and-sour chicken.—
Keith Pandolfi,
The Enquirer,
30 July 2025
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But, ironically, the seafood dishes always seem to steal the show.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Besides the usual weather report and family gossip, Fanny’s father was consistently supportive of her writing, urging her not to rush through life too quickly, offering gentle advice in tough times without pretending to know it all, full of that Howe family wit and humor.—
Ezra Fox
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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More gossip was unleashed when Albert was photographed with his son Alexandre Grimaldi, daughter Jazmin Grace Grimaldi and Nicole Coste, Alexandre’s mother, in 2023.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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Mozeliak has started to gauge the interest of a handful of contending teams, though the talks are described as preliminary.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul yield little progress Russia and Ukraine held brief peace talks, but the warring countries remain far apart with little progress made.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
25 July 2025
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Here, in a cheerfully cartoonish form, were intimations of just that.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2025
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Years of solitude, sharpened by intimations of mortality, have cracked the banker’s sense of certainty.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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“Urban legend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20legend. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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