canard

Example Sentences

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Hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi decided to repeat a despicable and long-standing canard of Iranian leaders, expressing doubts about the Holocaust on the eve of attending the United Nations General Assembly session in New York.

From Washington Post

But he soon hit on the idea that he could blame his loss on supposed widespread fraud, a canard that had already been debunked by election officials from both parties.

From Seattle Times

And contrary to a conservative canard about the credit sparking a mass exodus from the labor force, the Columbia researchers found that the expansion had no significant effect on whether parents worked.

From Washington Post

It includes the number that put to rest for good the canard that he could not write with emotion or tuneful richness: “Send in the Clowns,” here performed by Skinner with alluring finesse.

From Washington Post

Biden might be playing for time to avoid the consequences of being a lame duck, but that is a canard.

From Washington Post