tall tale
Example Sentences
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“Multiple industry players over time, particularly Nvidia, have argued that smuggling or diffusion of AI technologies to China were tall tales,” Burnham said.
From MarketWatch
Their authors were seldom scholars; more often they were nonprofessional writers and editors whose volunteer contributions ranged from family snapshots to gravestone photographs, fragmented town histories, folkloric anecdotes and tall tales.
He shook his head in disgust when I told him about Bovino’s continued tall tales.
From Los Angeles Times
He repeats the tall tales, and he sympathizes with their struggles with wanderlust and the challenge of finding civilian clothes that fit and are affordable.
Most of the stories were tall tales and urban legends told to entertain or to score some popularity.
From Salon
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