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Recent Examples of canard 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 Both the coupe and convertible add canards to the front bumper, which are meant to balance front-end lift at higher speeds. Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 15 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for canard 
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Noun
  • Co-created by Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, Landman is set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas and is a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs.
    Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
  • What election narratives are foreign actors pushing? Expect false tales of voters tampering with mail-in ballots, non-citizens casting ballots and hacks of election infrastructure in social media posts.
    Sam Sabin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • This story originally published on businessden.com.
    Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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    April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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  • Wednesday’s report comes after earlier data showed the economy added a whopping 254,000 jobs in September, inflation is a whisper away from the Federal Reserve’s 2% target and consumer confidence jumped this month by the fastest clip since March of 2021 — all signs of a robust economy.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
  • There was also a missed opportunity during the Tribal whispers portion of the evening.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024

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“Canard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canard. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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