pasquinaded

past tense of pasquinade

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasquinaded
Verb
  • Alarm bells went off in the seventh inning when Santiago Espinal was sent up to pinch-hit for Ohtani – who hit his 13th home run of the season earlier in the game – with two runners on in a close game.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
  • It’s estimated the Falcon 9 accounted for more than 80% of the mass sent up into space last year — giving rise to the new generation of aerospace companies that rely on it.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • In an accompanying cartoon, Spark is caricatured as a sulking giant, tottering above the Tuscan countryside in a pair of high heels.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • The first was King George III himself, a monarch often caricatured but in fact more attentive to the British constitutional tradition than his American detractors allowed.
    Danielle Allen, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Verb
  • Gaudí’s radical, modernist designs were mocked in his lifetime but have subsequently been celebrated.
    Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 13 June 2026
  • The bear designed on the flag was mocked by some, due to its closer resemblance to a pig.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Critics derided the move, given their lack of traditional management experience.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 9 June 2026
  • Season 3, which ended up being the final season of the series, was widely derided by critics and fans.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
Verb
  • Later that year, it was parodied by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live and referenced by Jodie Foster in the sci-fi film Contact.
    Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 8 June 2026
  • Among the other films parodied in the new Scary Movie are Weapons, Longlegs, The Substance and KPop Demon Hunters.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Verb
  • When Pete Buttigieg floated a 15-member Supreme Court during his 2020 presidential campaign, for example, he was properly ridiculed by institutionalists.
    Washington Post Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
  • In the intervening 26 years, the Jets have been roundly mocked and ridiculed — and, sure, it has often been deserved.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • His use of jocular names for detention centers has been imitated by other Republican governors creating state facilities to be used by ICE.
    Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
  • Even business models can be imitated.
    Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • This forced the British to make jibes to get down to the bottom of the course while the Americans jibed just once, and that was the deciding factor in securing what went on to be an easy victory.
    Andrew Rice, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Even the acronym of GPS jibed with her view of how a kid’s own resourcefulness could be used as an inner compass.
    Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Pasquinaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasquinaded. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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