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In 2019, a USA TODAY investigation documented at least 10,000 bills almost entirely copied from model legislation written by special interest groups — not lawmakers — that were introduced nationwide over eight years, and more than 2,100 of those bills were signed into state law.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026 -
He can’t be copied because his own work is so eclectic.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Their system consisted of submerging pre-term lambs in artificial amniotic fluid, where a pumpless oxygenator, supplied by a sweep gas, mimicked placental perfusion.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
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Hottovy remembers two years ago when Justin Steele suffered a hamstring injury and ultimately missed five weeks at the start of the season, the Cubs were able to build a throwing program based on the Catapult data that best mimicked Steele pitching.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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Szépvölgyi mocked the prime minister, who is 62, for seeming unsteady when boos erupted at one of his recent rallies.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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There, a drag performer mocked the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum.—
Michael O'Boyle,
Bloomberg,
9 Apr. 2026
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Many parodied her overt sexuality by swapping her out for someone decidedly less sexy on the wrecking ball.—
Ben Pettis,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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Most recently, the song was parodied again in New York's 2025 mayoral race by candidate Andrew Cuomo's campaign.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
1 Apr. 2026
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Each of the wounded imitated the pain and symptoms of an injury that could happen on the battlefield.—
Chelsea Torres,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Further, the actress, known for her work across TV and film, discusses how art has imitated life and why The Pitt reminds her of The Great British Bake-Off.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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In a scene from the video that became local lore, Johann Gudenus, the former vice mayor of Vienna, mimed a pistol with his fingers while discussing untraceable donations to the FPÖ.—
Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
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Panahi mimed cradling a reptile the size of a kitten.—
H. C. Wilentz,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Monkeyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monkeyed. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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