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lampooned

verb

past tense of lampoon

as in satirized

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The couple was so famous that they were often parodied by TV comedians for their lavish lifestyle and Tammy Faye’s abundant makeup.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
The couple was so famous that they were often parodied by TV comedians for their lavish lifestyle and Tammy Faye's abundant makeup.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of parodied

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Election law experts had broadly derided the DOJ's case as weak, in part because the Constitution grants states control over elections.

— Ashley Lopez, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
In a post-Brat era one can no longer be derided for smoking weed on-camera, but you can be positioned as amoral if an accusation of microaggressive or offensive behavior is sticky enough.

— Ivy Wolk, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of derided

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Tonight, Musk lamented and maybe even mocked his own efforts.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026
Trump couldn’t stop himself Hearing his taste criticized, all his beautiful, shiny gold mocked — by Obama of all people — was rage-bait that Trump could not ignore.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of mocked

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Last year, retailer Target was ridiculed across social media for instituting a smiling policy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Cruz has ridiculed Talarico’s past comments on Christianity and immigration, saying the would be more fitting for Berkeley, California, than Texas.

— Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of ridiculed

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There is a reason this movie is a classic, so often imitated and honored by other directors; Kubrick deftly marries the supernatural with the everyday, just as King does in his novels.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Some reported names resembling Samsung Galaxy flagship models, while others imitated Apple's iPhone naming.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of imitated

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Passkeys are generally thought to be more secure than passwords since they’re tied to biometric data stored on your device that can’t be as easily stolen or spoofed.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
Either way, the goods are eventually transferred to a driver working with the thieves to resell the gear, and, in one of the largest thefts, tracking coordinates were spoofed to prevent digital monitoring.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026

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