Thesaurus results for TRAVESTYING

travestying

verb

present participle of travesty

as in imitating

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of this comedy sketch mindlessly travesties the hard work of relief workers around the world

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Some of the most notable moments show Atlas imitating human emotional reactions.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026
To celebrate, Gazza lay down on the grass and opened his mouth wide, imitating the dentist’s chair that had got him and his team-mates into so much bother a few weeks earlier.

— The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 18 June 2026

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Lasso, in his initial introduction to audiences, wasn’t the warm, pun-loving, inspirational coach audiences would eventually embrace through Apple +, but a slightly arrogant buffoon parodying the average American sports fan.

— Charles Moss, New York Times, 24 June 2026
It's been 13 years since the last Scary Movie hit theaters in 2013, and the newest installment reverts to its roots in parodying a variety of movies and television shows.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

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Second lady Usha Vance mocking The New York Times for reading political significance into her Old Navy maternity dress and the New York Knicks celebrating their NBA title were featured in last week's News Quiz.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
This patriotic anthem of the American Revolution originated as a favorite tune of British soldiers, who enjoyed its lyrics mocking American colonists.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026

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Where looksmaxxing or sleepmaxxing push you to squeeze more results out of a habit, slowmaxxing asks you to squeeze more meaning out of doing less.

— Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Crews doing the shoring work have to take precautions because their job is inherently risky, according to structural engineer Matthew Roblez.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 9 July 2026

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Its most dramatic attack occurred last week, when hundreds of drones overwhelmed Moscow’s air defenses and hit refineries and storage tanks, sending up black plumes of smoke that darkened the sky.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2026
The first was used on a pair of test versions of the Amazon Leo satellites, previously known as Project Kuiper, in October 2023 with eight more Atlas V launches sending up 27, then 29 operational satellites at a time on missions launched since April 2025.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026

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