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monkeyed

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past tense of monkey

as in copied

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Still, Doremus copied one of his old press passes and posted it at Bellevue and other hospitals.

— Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Nothing is uploaded, nothing is copied to a server, and the verifying party receives only the answer to a single question, not the document itself.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026

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In 1940 came the invention of nylon undergarments, which meant women of the midcentury could be more comfortable and less revealing in stockings that mimicked some skin tones.

— April White, JSTOR Daily, 2 Sep. 2026
The ribbed detailing along the hem is mimicked along the sleeves to add texture, and the buttoned neckline is monochromatic for a super streamlined look.

— Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of mimicked

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Nicholson's fireworks would be subsequently aped, and amped up to over-the-top proportions, by other actors and by the future Batman villain himself.

— Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
But none aped the style of an actual Super Bowl ad more cleverly than this one, clearly modeled after Budweiser’s ads that tend to feature horses and inspirational voiceovers.

— Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026

Definition of aped

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In fact, after the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, which killed six and injured more than a thousand people but hardly rocked the buildings, ironworkers mocked the idea that any terrorist could ever take down those great structures.

— Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
He was criticised by Guardiola last season for not challenging Virgil van Dijk anywhere near enough at Anfield in February, and he was mocked by supporters at Old Trafford in January after he was kept quiet by Lisandro Martinez and Harry Maguire.

— Sam Lee, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of mocked

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Jules Dassin’s Rififi (1955) and Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing (1956) further refined the formula, while a number of decidedly sillier capers in the ’60s both parodied and advanced the genre, helping set the stage for the modern Ocean’s movies.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
These polyester fits have also been parodied in video skits, where comedians put on an all-over polyester print outfit, like a wolf T-shirt and galaxy pants, and parody the stereotypical nerdy kid.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of parodied

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Standing before the microphone on the Constitution Hall stage, Nikhil asked for the latter word’s definition, language of origin and other identifying information while his fingers mimed typing.

— Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
Instead of getting upset himself, Busch mimed wiping away fake tears to the crowd.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2026

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