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When the offset bulbs are sending up stems, and there is too much competition for space and resources, the patch of bulbs will produce fewer, or smaller, flowers than before.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Apr. 2026 -
With this batch, Amazon’s constellation has grown to 270 satellites with a goal of sending up more than 3,200 by 2028.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Vargas reached out to Charles via a TikTok DM to request a donation, and Charles posted a video on the platform mocking her message.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Three weeks after that self-mocking self-tape, a Mercedes-Benz was waiting outside one of Bournemouth’s student accommodation blocks.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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Charlie Chaplin mimicking devil horns.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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This high-rise pair of Wranglers is our affordable way of mimicking Witherspoon's look.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Life is officially imitating art for Dani Rojas from Ted Lasso.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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The contest aims to challenge negative stereotypes of seagulls, which are often seen as a nuisance, by imitating them, per local network WTV.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ships routinely turn off their location trackers, use spoofing to falsify positions and sail under false flags.—
Adina Renner,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Additionally, Android 17 will get a new feature that automatically detects and disconnects calls from known scammers, with Google working with financial institutions to identify them, as well as robocallers spoofing their phone numbers.—
Alan Henry,
PC Magazine,
15 May 2026
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Regardless, everyone approves of Kiana, with Zack good-naturedly parodying her sunglasses and the girls encouraging him to lock it down despite the tumultuous relationships their friend group seems to attract.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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Influencer comedians like Madison Humphrey and Mitsy Sanderson have built large platforms parodying awkward moments.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Some were accurately describing their uniquely homemade contents, while others were deriding the very idea.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
28 Apr. 2026
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It’s often used in sports, notably English soccer, as a way of deriding a team’s mentality in clutch moments.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.—
Zephyr Teachout,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Pasquinading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasquinading. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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