Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lampooned
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It was endlessly parodied and imitated.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026 -
But for fans who’ve lived with this show across decades — through different casts, different eras, different presidents being parodied on cold opens — the real measure of Michaels’ impact is harder to quantify.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Mar. 2026
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For years, national media caricatured our city as a war zone.—
Andy Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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These changes have been caricatured as authoritarian and corrupt.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Teachers unions, long derided by conservatives as one of the primary vectors of left-wing ideology into public education, have significant influence over the MSBA.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Mar. 2026
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Bev had seemed to flinch whenever Margot derided their husbands.—
Shafiq Najib,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors mocked Vargas’s account of the stabbing.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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The infielder was mocked on social media after a head-scratching baserunning blunder against his former team, the Miami Marlins, in August.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Soviet satire and humor journals, for example, ridiculed Western imperialism.—
Neringa Klumbytė,
The Conversation,
4 Mar. 2026
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Trump had ridiculed that deal as insufficient and ended it in his first term.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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It was endlessly parodied and imitated.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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That’s a rhythm of Barron’s that many a playwright has imitated.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2026
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Quantum sensors are one way to address this gap - due to denied and spoofed environments, coverage gaps, malfunctions, etc.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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As those descriptions—and the furtive glances exchanged by last night’s host, Finn Wolfhard, and the SNL cast member Ben Marshall, playing Potter and Ron Weasley—implied, a page-to-screen sensation of a more recent vintage was also being spoofed.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Lampooned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lampooned. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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