Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lampooning
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After an extended bit featuring host Nikki Glaser parodying Nicole Kidman’s AMC ads, a very loose Snoop Dogg introduced, for some reason, the award for best podcast.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026 -
The scene came in a fictional segment parodying Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead in which Maggie defends her architectural talents after her daycare teacher punishes her for making beautiful structures from building blocks.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Dec. 2025
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After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.—
Zephyr Teachout,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
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During Glaser's interview with Stern, the shock jock praised her for mocking CBS News despite the Golden Globes airing on CBS.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Ricky Gervais has hosted the Golden Globes five times, making Hollywood sweat with his take-no-prisoners approach to jokes mocking showbiz.—
William Earl,
Variety,
30 Dec. 2025
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But mostly, and kind of disturbingly, people enjoyed ridiculing it.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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But this heavy tide of content ridiculing any notion of his lasting importance to the American republic suggests a far different fate.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Dec. 2025
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The aftermath of a Clasico is always about crowning decisive winners and deriding significant losers.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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This came after her previous comments deriding many accusers in the wake of the #MeToo movement.—
Lee Smith,
CNN Money,
28 Dec. 2025
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This helps prevent criminals from hijacking phone numbers or spoofing calls and texts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Dec. 2025
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In response to the ads, a second anti-ICE campaign has begun from left-leaning campaign group MoveOn Civic Action, spoofing the ads aimed at encouraging American patriots to apply for roles.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
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James said while walking through the venue, imitating her excitement.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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The people who are imitating Walter Cronkite don’t have his ethic.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2025
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Humanlike robot interaction In human-robot interaction, most robots currently respond reactively, mimicking expressions only after humans act, which feels artificial.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
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These medications work by mimicking a hormone that targets areas of the brain that regulate appetite and food intake.—
Lauren Manaker,
SELF,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Lampooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lampooning. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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