urban legend
Example Sentences
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Like a juicy urban legend, you can either believe that or not, although a series-ending statement from a legal department makes the truth plain.
From Salon
Some believe that’s how it happened; others think it’s an urban legend.
From New York Times
But unlike many of those films, this one isn’t borrowing from urban legends or famous ghost stories — it’s drawing on verifiable atrocities committed against Latina women.
From New York Times
But, plenty of folks believe in the Chatham County urban legend, which suggests the strange vegetation-free ground is due to the devil pacing around in a circle.
From Fox News
Somewhere in the gray area between mistakes and misinformation sit the urban legends and conspiracy theories.
From Salon
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