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But if getting Andy back in the Runway fold feels a lot like getting her into it in the first film, that feeling will only persist, as the sequel apes the original feature nearly beat for beat, with some small swaps here and there.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2026 -
More importantly, this origin story of a movie and a movement apes the joie de moviemaking and the jazzy looseness of the original to an absolutely amazing degree, replicating an off-the-cuff feeling that’s more than a second-hand buzz.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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Newsom has been trying to raise his national profile, adopting a combative style that parodies Trump’s social media strategy with similar all-caps posts, memes and merchandise.—
Adriana Gomez Licon,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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In another nod to Scream, Cheri Oteri parodies Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers as the comically unethical news anchor Gail Hailstorm.—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Ozempic mimics a natural hormone called GLP-1, which slows how fast food leaves your stomach.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
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The story of Frankelda mimics the brothers’ own story, says Roy.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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Corning targets a 20% corporate operating margin target, and Weeks emphasized that the Solar segment will get there.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Now everyone looks better and everyone looks the same and everyone parrots important key words and everyone uses punchy action verbs.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
2 June 2026
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Smelly parrots the size of small cats The kakapo is a majestic creature that can live for 60 to 80 years.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Hopefully kids’ transparent borrowing histories won’t be much use to the GOP and their homophobes and transphobes, but granting them even a grasping, theoretical win feels bad.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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There’s also never really a good explanation for why the population of campers has dwindled, beyond Charlie Brown telling Sally that kids her age just want to watch TV instead of heading outdoors for fun.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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But neither painting nor photography imitates nature.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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What makes the campaign especially convincing is that each stage imitates familiar Apple, Google or Microsoft software behavior many Mac users already trust and routinely encounter.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Decades before Pennywise torments the Loser's Club, members of the Maine Legion of White Decency, a white supremacist group, set fire to the Black Spot, a military speakeasy catering to Black patrons, with all of its revelers trapped inside.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Dec. 2025
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Then there is Anna’s little brother (Ryan Malgarini), who constantly teases and torments her, yet Mom sticks up for him.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
12 July 2025
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