as in tale
a rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature
it's a popular canard that the actress died under scandalous circumstances
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Recent Examples of canard
Best, a University of Delaware professor — known for debunking the razor-blades-in-the-apples canard every Halloween since 1985 — spotted the telltale urban myth giveaways immediately.
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Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
After the Russian empire claimed Ukrainian territory from a partitioned Poland, its scholars invented a convenient story of how the two lands were one, a canard that Putin recycled in his essay last year.
—Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
Myths and canards about Social Security and its supposed fiscal troubles have steadily proliferated over the years.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
This is another quacking canard from the Simpson duck pond.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
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Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
After the Russian empire claimed Ukrainian territory from a partitioned Poland, its scholars invented a convenient story of how the two lands were one, a canard that Putin recycled in his essay last year.
—Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
Myths and canards about Social Security and its supposed fiscal troubles have steadily proliferated over the years.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
This is another quacking canard from the Simpson duck pond.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canard
Noun
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Were the tales of alien abduction that became popular in the 1980s a kind of mass hallucination?—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2025
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Some of the men who were deported from Guantánamo to Venezuela have told a familiar tale of being beaten by guards, strip-searched, and put into solitary confinement, and of suicide attempts as well as hunger strikes to protest the inhumane conditions.—
Edwidge Danticat,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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Chris Malone Mendez,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Both episodes owe a big spiritual debt to Lost, which also liked to toggle back and forth between the main island story, its characters’ former lives, and all its weird mythology.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There’s a whisper of floral elegance, balanced with earthy depth, giving it a versatile and refined character.—
Jillian Dara,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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After ten years of whispers, gossip, and speculation, the women finally start to open up about what has been painfully obvious to any faithful watcher of this show: Karen has been struggling with an alcohol problem that has recently gotten out of control.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Canard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canard. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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