apocryphal

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Much of “Flour” is concerned with the woman’s conversation with her driver about a parable from the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas that he is translating from Coptic—a tale, he says, about emptiness and unknowing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

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

A good instance comes in the form of an apocryphal story.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith