as in to mimic
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South Korea’s new president should mimic Moon’s approach by pushing his national security staff and economic advisers to get into the weeds with their North Korean counterparts.—
John Delury,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025 -
Known as hemoglobin vesicles, these particles mimic natural red blood cells and can carry oxygen efficiently.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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The spaghetti example later became well-known enough that Smith parodied it almost a year later in February 2024.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 May 2025
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Content Creators And Brand Ambassadors Gstaad Guy parades in Loro Piana, and the European Kid parodies luxury culture.—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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At that same ceremony, Saturday Night Live — which had veered heavily toward satirizing the Trump White House — enjoyed its best showing in years.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
3 May 2025
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The Fosters launch the campaign on Thursday in a video, satirizing celebrities who want to go unnoticed in public.—
Charlie Carballo,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Life is not imitating art for The White Lotus stars Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
4 June 2025
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One example is the achievement of Heinz ketchup in validating its market dominance by showing how art imitates life, and AI imitates humans.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post to social media that Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro and Chernihiv regions were targeted.—
Jason Volack,
ABC News,
10 June 2025
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The protests will follow days of demonstrations in L.A. over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids targeting undocumented immigrants.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
10 June 2025
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New York City, with its high concentration of Wall Street finance bros, is a perfect setting to caricature people who score their dates on a spreadsheet.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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The muted, elegant interiors, for instance, are designed by David Rockwell, whose burgundies and golds evoke the dramatics of the theatre district without overtly caricaturing it.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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When one genre becomes successful, other developers ape that aesthetic, and that creates deja vu projects that feel like an experience gamers have played before.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
30 May 2025
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According to Check Point, Google is second only to Microsoft in its likelihood to be aped in an attack.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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That approach has come under new scrutiny after Thomas, one of the league’s biggest stars, was harassed by a bettor at a Philadelphia race earlier this month.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
12 June 2025
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This certainly isn't the first time a man has made news for allegedly stalking or harassing the megastar.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
10 June 2025
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“Take off (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20off%20%28on%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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