as in to mimic
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Familiarly known under the brand names Wegovy and Zepbound, Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are a class of medication used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity by mimicking hormones produced in the gut to suppress a person’s appetite and regulate blood sugar.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
26 Aug. 2025 -
While regular folks would match their eye shadow to a color in their dress or top, picking up a shade of bronze, green, or purple and mimicking that in their makeup palette, Roan matched her stage makeup almost exactly to her dress.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
25 Aug. 2025
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Stars like Doja Cat and Lizzo have enjoyed poking fun and parodying the ads.—
Mekishana Pierre,
EW.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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For the social media stars — whose content parodies their real lives through comedic skits — the new baby will also present an opportunity for new kinds of videos.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Producers have moved the show to an every-other-week schedule to more fully satirize current events.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The film satirizes influencer culture and has a great cast of other comedians, including Vanessa Bayer, Kate Berlant, and Conner O’Malley.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
26 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps, but no machine can imitate my imagination or the memories that pour through me, or feel the fear of extinguishment.—
Adam Verner
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes art imitates life by skipping a generation.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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In a critical summer for Manchester United, their recruitment team aligned on a plan to target proven and established Premier League players where possible, signing Cunha and Mbeumo and trying to secure midfielder Carlos Baleba from Brighton.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The light torpedoes are designed for shallow coastal waters, while heavy torpedoes target large ships at greater depths.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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South Park also used gay stereotypes to attack homophobia with Big Gay Al, making fun of hippies when Cartman goes to San Francisco, caricaturing blind faith in big business with the Underpants Gnomes.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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The show’s first limp wrist belongs to a novelty teapot caricaturing Wilde as a man-woman.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
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And then third, Nixon, who had lost to Kennedy in the 1960 election, by the early 1970s, as president, was not about to ape and imitate the man who had bested him.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Shooter aped Marvel Comics’ writing style, bringing a measure of 1960s cool to the more uptight comics that National put out.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
1 July 2025
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Kendra has claimed that suppressed childhood trauma led her to harass Lauryn and Owen.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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For more than a year, a Michigan teenager was harassed via text.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Take off (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20off%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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