apocryphal

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Havel tells the apocryphal story of a greengrocer who refuses to place a sign proclaiming “Workers of the world, unite!” in his shop window.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Maybe it’s time to revive the old, possibly apocryphal Red Auerbach legends about fire alarms and turning off the air conditioning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

What of President Jackson's likely apocryphal rebuttal of the power of the courts, that they don't have an army to make him follow their rulings?

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2025

When I first encountered this quote in a posting on X, I found it so overdetermined that I thought it must be apocryphal.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

In one possibly apocryphal story, doctors once trained a homeless man to do routine lab tests because there was no one else available.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell