Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lampooned
Verb
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Later that year, it was parodied by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live and referenced by Jodie Foster in the sci-fi film Contact.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
8 June 2026 -
Among the other films parodied in the new Scary Movie are Weapons, Longlegs, The Substance and KPop Demon Hunters.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
Verb
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In an accompanying cartoon, Spark is caricatured as a sulking giant, tottering above the Tuscan countryside in a pair of high heels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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This idea of reasonableness is easily caricatured as moral timidity or a bloodless neutrality that drains politics of passion.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Critics derided the move, given their lack of traditional management experience.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
9 June 2026
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Once derided as fringe science, this bizarre idea is having a very real comeback as searches for dark matter continue coming up empty.—
Jonathan O'Callaghan,
Scientific American,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Gray and the rest of his teammates went down to the end zone and mocked the rookie quarterback.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Dec. 2025
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Social media users mocked Rogan’s comments.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Jeep is speaking out against influencers who tore apart the interior of its newest model, the Recon, and ridiculed it in a viral video from the Los Angeles Auto Show, which opened its doors last week.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
25 Nov. 2025
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One of the things is sorta the opportunity to tell my story here, of, like, a kid who played chess growing up throughout school and was to an extent ridiculed and ostracized.—
Heather Abbott,
CBS News,
17 Nov. 2025
Verb
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His use of jocular names for detention centers has been imitated by other Republican governors creating state facilities to be used by ICE.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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Even business models can be imitated.—
Esade Business & Law School,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Verb
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Phone numbers, email addresses, and websites can all be spoofed to appear legitimate.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 June 2026
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When signals are jammed or spoofed, aircraft lose the situational awareness that modern operations assume as given.—
Greg Ombach,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Lampooned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lampooned. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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