Thesaurus results for BURLESQUING

burlesquing

verb

present participle of burlesque

as in parodying

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of burlesquing the teacher's nervous tic isn't very nice

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Arrested Development helped popularize the documentary-style approach to sitcoms while parodying the dysfunction of wealthy families, piercing the cultural mythology surrounding them.

— Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2026
The latter went from working on Star Trek properties (Next Gen, Voyager, Enterprise) to parodying them with MacFarlane on The Orville.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026

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Leni completed the costume with a wig imitating Camilla’s dark, curly tresses, and wore the character’s most iconic outfit with a white tank top and oversized hairbow.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026
Rather than simply imitating the brain with silicon chips, the approach uses actual neurons to perform computational work.

— Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

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And because liberals, car purists, and environmentalists couldn’t stand the Cybertruck — mocking everything from its sharp edges to its build quality — buying one became a way to get under their skin.

— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2026
The mocking undertone in my voice mirrors Bola de Nieve’s original interpretation.

— Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026

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An 18-year-old accused of seriously injuring a pedestrian while allegedly doing car stunts in New Haven over the summer was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Tuesday.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Nov. 2026
Brown said the district is doing a full review of its eligibility process so these mistakes don’t happen again.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Nov. 2026

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