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The streamer often refers to Black people as chimps in his online videos.—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 15 May 2026 In March 1987, Attenborough took a moment to hold — and share a smooch with — Neusi the chimp at the London Zoo.—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026 Letterman played the clip from Everybody’s in LA that found Mulaney interviewing Michael Jackson’s Bubbles the chimp.—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026 Even if Fuqua had made the movie like a gritty documentary, just the entrance of Bubbles the chimp would smack of camp.—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chimp