urban legend
Example Sentences
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Officials now have the unenviable task of euthanising the creepy-crawlies, an insect so hardy it spawned an urban legend they could survive a nuclear blast.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
The story may be an urban legend, but it illustrates a real danger of artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
There’s a certain category of urban legend that only spreads via overworked, working-class uncles.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
To further compound the chance of peril, an urban legend started circulating sometime in the 1690s that it was unlucky to have 13 people around a table or in a group, he explains.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
Sure, I hung out around Red Witch Bridge in the middle of the night, but that was in the cover of the trees with an urban legend and a baseball bat as weapons.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
