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Recent Examples of parrot
Courtney Corbello,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
The moment has been so baked into America's cultural cake that Tea Party Republicans parroted the phrase, not realizing that the film is a satire of sheep mentality and the man who authored it (screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky) was a political lefty.
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Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
25 May 2026
The parrot has since moved from Auteuil’s head to a perch on his shoulder, nibbling at his ear with complete proprietary confidence.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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Verb
Students’ greatest skills are now parroting pre-formulated slogans and protesting on immigration enforcement, gender ideology, race, foreign policy, or the Supreme Court long before they have been taught the intellectual discipline necessary to evaluate any of those issues seriously.
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Courtney Corbello,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
The moment has been so baked into America's cultural cake that Tea Party Republicans parroted the phrase, not realizing that the film is a satire of sheep mentality and the man who authored it (screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky) was a political lefty.
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Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
Fortunately, after Choudri’s testimony, other witnesses, who recognized that the parrot was indeed dead, provided a starkly different perspective.
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Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
25 May 2026
The parrot has since moved from Auteuil’s head to a perch on his shoulder, nibbling at his ear with complete proprietary confidence.
—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parrot
Verb
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Trump kicked off the Great American State Fair celebration Wednesday, June 24, with a speech that echoed several of his most familiar refrains, from lowering gas prices and criticizing former President Joe Biden to touting his border policies.
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The Taiwanese security official echoed that sentiment.
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From the human perspective, that’s the rough equivalent of another great-ape species surviving for more than a millennium.
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The 59-year-old's criticisms included questioning how Kara Zor-El's ears could be pierced if her skin is bulletproof, and being amused after someone online compared Alcock's appearance to an ape-looking character from Land of the Lost.
Verb
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Already on Friday, some Labour MPs were repeating their calls for Starmer to step down even though Burnham himself shied away from explicitly referencing his leadership ambitions.
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Consistency is the accumulation of decisions, habits, and behaviors repeated over a long duration of time.
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The Council of the EU, which represents the bloc’s member state governments, is slated to rubber stamp the agreement by June 26, after which it will be entered into the EU’s Official Journal and the law will take effect.
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The peer review system isn’t a rubber stamp for any research scientists want to pursue.
Verb
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Now my kid can quote new research about the effects of caregiver screen use on children to back up those complaints.
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The salon dinner held Tuesday at the Peninsula Beverly Hills was organized under Chatham House meeting rules, which allow participants to speak freely with the understanding that they will not be identified nor directly quoted in any subsequent public discussion of what was shared in the room.
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Apollo’s early-2010s bet on its insurer Athene spawned a decade of copycats, and over the past few years most big alternative asset managers have either bought a life-insurance company or launched dedicated businesses to manage their money.
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This copycat recipe stars crunchy cabbage and carrots in a sweet-yet-tangy dressing.
Noun
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The president’s instinct to go for the jugular was on display in his first campaign, when he was written off early on as an entertainer but found success with brutal takedowns.
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Winter wants to be strong enough to perform by August 1 when friend and fellow drag entertainer Charity Kase comes to Kansas City.
Noun
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Last week, Wilkins was named as being a performer at a Freedom 250 event to be held in Belgium June 28, opening for the Zac Brown Band.
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Her collection preserves not only the traces of a public life, but evidence of a performer who refused to separate politics from performance and performance from ephemerality.
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“Parrot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parrot. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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