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Recent Examples of parrots
F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parrots
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The appeal also repeats Trumpâs argument that the charges rested on an alleged violation of federal campaign regulations and that Braggâs office should have been barred from trying them, as the feds never did.—
Molly Crane Newman,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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The big idea represented in this study is a pattern that repeats itself over and over in human physiology—tissues adapt themselves to the stresses placed on them.—
Peter Mason,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Because no one works alone, quotes from her glam team (including makeup artist Carl Ray plus hairstylists Yene Damtew, Johnny Wright, and Njeri Radway) are also featured heavily, and so are those of her longtime stylist Meredith Koop.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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After Grace quotes Zooey Deschanel's character, Thames grabs her face and kisses her out of the frame.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Americans' primary oversight entities—rather than rooting out waste and misconduct—now are poised to be rubber stamps for whatever administration is in power.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Game 1 of the World Series, a stunning 11-4 trouncing of the Dodgers, had echoes of the Skubal game.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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This polarization means even post-Trump, Democrats may cling to divisive issues like defund-the-police echoes or aggressive cultural wars, repelling the non-ideological public weary of extremes.—
Nafees Alam,
Twin Cities,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The two horror classics were made five years apart (1973 and 1978), and launched a bloody string of sequels and copycats.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
30 Oct. 2025
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Often, when an AI clip proves successful, copycats emerge.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Alaska, Hawaiian are consistent performers The AQR also singled out Alaska Airlines as the steadiest performer in the industry.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Nick Castle as Michael Myers Though different actors have taken on the role of Michael Myers throughout nearly 50 years of Halloween, Nick Castle, now 76, was the original — and the most recent — actor to play the villain.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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With this in mind, Browning deliberately worked to humanize the actors.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Parrots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parrots. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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