spoofed

past tense of spoof
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Recent Examples of spoofed Even worse, self-driving vehicles present safety concerns and other vulnerabilities, such as being hacked or spoofed by malicious agents at home or abroad. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025 In one, the sausages spoofed Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls, chasing panicked employees through a narrow office corridor. Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025 Everything works well unless GPS signals are jammed, spoofed or simply unavailable because of a technical glitch. Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Over the years, much has been said about Stiles' final dance — Saturday Night Live even spoofed it with Stiles' help in 2023. Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025 Madonna played the icon several times throughout the '80s and '90s, and Chloe Fineman spoofed the 2022 Netflix film Blonde with a parody of Monroe. Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025 But some speculated the killing of Charlie Kirk, who was spoofed in episode two of season 27, at a speaking event in Utah that week, led to the new episode being yanked or possibly tweaked. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoofed
Verb
  • Thoday noted that, historically, people parodied in the show, even in some of the more grotesque puppet forms, have taken pride in the fact.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Saturday Night Live host Amy Poehler and fellow ex-SNL cast member Tina Fey parodied Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a congressional hearing, cutting a pro-ICE advertisement along the way.
    William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Despite the effort, the hijackers realized that they had been tricked.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Another older model that’s still available on ChatGPT and is still preferred by some users, o4-mini, was tricked even more frequently, 93% of the time.
    Jasmine Cui, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Often imitated but never duplicated, the Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer continues to be a bestseller online, beloved by both salon owners and everyday users alike.
    Brittany Loggins, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Over 30 years later, the event has transcended the Brewers, parodied and imitated in equal measure.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And though in public, the royal family remains upbeat, people who have been following the monarchy for a while aren’t fooled.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Viewer Reactions The TikTok video reached over 874,100 views, 171,200 likes and 657 comments as of Monday, with people cracking up in the comment section, claiming they too had been fooled for a moment.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their mother began a relationship with a swaggering alcoholic, their future stepfather, who mocked Scott for being soft.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Dick Van Dyke’s cockney in Mary Poppins is still mocked, but fondly.
    Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to Chinese sources, one of its electronic warfare (EW) systems has successfully deceived a foreign spy plane over the South China Sea.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
  • While vacationing in Switzerland during Zurich Fashion Week, they were interviewed and completely deceived the interviewer throughout the conversation.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Spoofed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoofed. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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