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
Teens shivered at — but were not deterred by — the urban legend of the Hook, a murderous maniac on the loose, armed with a hook instead of a right hand.
From Los Angeles Times
A few years later, when the house story became somewhat of an urban legend, he backtracked and said he’d lived about 15 minutes away.
From Seattle Times
Simultaneously, a new urban legend began to circulate among worried parents: that their children were getting more sick, more frequently, than they were pre-pandemic.
From Salon
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