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Recent Examples of parrots
Verb
Now everyone looks better and everyone looks the same and everyone parrots important key words and everyone uses punchy action verbs.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
2 June 2026 Smelly parrots the size of small cats The kakapo is a majestic creature that can live for 60 to 80 years.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026 And anyone who might have doubts tends to get drowned out by a torrent of early media coverage, which usually parrots the official announcement.—
F.d. Flam,
Twin Cities,
6 Aug. 2025
There may be echoes of history on George’s first day.
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Erin Hill,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
Instead of a handheld probe sweeping across your skin, a ring of transducers surrounds the body underwater and fires sound waves from every angle at once, reconstructing a full 3D volume from the echoes.
Apollo’s early-2010s bet on its insurer Athene spawned a decade of copycats, and over the past few years most big alternative asset managers have either bought a life-insurance company or launched dedicated businesses to manage their money.
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Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
23 June 2026
The film spawned a host of copycats, but that's not surprising given its incredible success, including an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Above, she's pictured with Second City troupers Joe Flaherty, Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas and long-time collaborator, Eugene Levy, at a 10 year reunion for the sketch show's Canadian debut.
The film will show on Thursday at the Frida Cinema as part of its ongoing Nu-Classics series, along with a conversation between actors and online personalities Maggie Mae Fish and Abigail Thorn.
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Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026
Ever wonder how actors recreate a cargo plane plummeting to the ground?