satirized

Definition of satirizednext
past tense of satirize
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Verb
  • Murphy famously parodied Wonder on SNL, but the two became friends when Wonder joined him for a sketch on the show.
    John Ross, Vanity Fair, 19 Apr. 2026
  • This created a direct clash with golf purists — as parodied in Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore 2 — resulting in the PGA suspending golfers participating in LIV.
    Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • This idea of reasonableness is easily caricatured as moral timidity or a bloodless neutrality that drains politics of passion.
    Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • For years, national media caricatured our city as a war zone.
    Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Strickland then mocked Chimaev for refusing to fight in the parking lot.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
  • The burger became a viral sensation after Kempczinski posted a video of himself taking a nibble from one and was mocked for his tentative bite.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • And while that move was ridiculed across baseball at the time, another decision Turner made — far more consequential but no less revolutionary — put his franchise on a trajectory to become one of the most popular in the sport.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 May 2026
  • On Thursday, though, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf – who is leading negotiations for Tehran and has emerged as the key voice of the Iranian government – ridiculed the notion of blockading Iran, pointing to the country’s extensive land and maritime borders.
    Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • For starters, as Anthropic’s explicit focus on mitigating the risks of AI has apparently won the trust of many consumers, OpenAI has imitated many of its rival’s safety initiatives.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The tradition of throwing confetti from the stands became popular during the 1978 World Cup hosted by Argentina and was later imitated by fans around the globe.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio derided this last portion of the proposal.
    Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2026
  • King favored a genial, non-confrontational style that critics derided as too easygoing and soft for a news network, but which made his program a natural stop for politicians and entertainers who wanted to make their views known without sparking overt conflict.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • As Aaron Boone summoned Tim Hill to the mound in the seventh inning of the Yankees‘ win over the Orioles on Saturday, the manager mimicked the reliever’s sidearm delivery.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
  • Ironically, Spirit was also taken down by its own success as more traditional airlines mimicked its offering and began to steal its customers with their own low fares.
    Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • The chip is designed to keep working when GPS is jammed or spoofed, a growing concern in both defense and commercial settings.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • According to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, reported by Bleeping Computer, hackers have been targeting these BPOs, or business process outsourcing companies, to direct employees and customers to spoofed single sign-on webpages and steal their credentials.
    Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Satirized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satirized. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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