canard
Example Sentences
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In another song about the absurd reasons why they have been deemed unfit for society, the girls drag out that old canard: “Sane in an insane world.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
They said that distinctive "canard fins", consistent with a PrSM, are visible in the footage.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
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
The absurd canard to which we have referred is maliciously ill-timed.
From The Message by Brock, H. M. (Henry Matthew)
Vocabulary lists containing canard
This Week In Words: August 17–23, 2019
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The War of the Worlds
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