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canard

[kuh-nahrd, ka-nar] / kəˈnɑrd, kaˈnar /


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They said that distinctive "canard fins", consistent with a PrSM, are visible in the footage.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Bill Gates jumps off a bandwagon that existed in the first place only as a complete and utter canard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

This year, let’s agree to dispel the canard that “summer reading” or “beach books” are something frivolous or less important than the serious literature celebrated in austere outlets like the London Review of Books.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024

This is another quacking canard from the Simpson duck pond.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2023

What the shirt is to the collar, that is the glorious, tough old Northern saga, or maritime spun yarn, to the canard, or duck. 

From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey




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