ape
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Nicknamed Novita, the ape shown in footage released by a conservation group is among dozens that have been rescued from wildfires burning across parts of Sumatra and Borneo in recent months.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The great ape, which was discovered by a farmer, was rescued and given emergency treatment for hypoxia, but later died.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
A halfway house is a New York Times podcast whose moderators ape the shouty persona of comedian John Mulaney.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
An international team of researchers has identified a previously unknown fossil ape that lived about 17 to 18 million years ago during the Early Miocene.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
I thump my chest like an ape and smile so big, it feels like my face is splitting in two.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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Indonesian wildlife authorities rescued 46 of the apes, which are critically endangered, before fires tore through their habitat in August and September.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Novita was rescued by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, which has taken in several apes caught up in forest fires.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The Indonesian government has requested India hand over the apes, forestry ministry spokesman Ristianto Pribadi told AFP on Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The critically endangered apes are found in the wild only in Indonesia and Malaysia.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Her native clime was a land of milk and honey and had its share of apes and ivory and peacocks.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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In the 1960s, a primitive chatbot that mindlessly aped a therapist had people pouring their hearts out to it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
His misguided approach - often aped on the Accidentally Partridge social media account, which shares cringeworthy clips of public figures - is "provocative" but, Coogan hopes, "never mean-spirited."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
Eggers’ “Nosferatu” succeeds because the director’s alterations to Henrik Galeen’s original 1922 screenplay, aped from Stoker’s novel with a few tweaks, are minimal.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
Global stocks in Asia and Europe aped at least some of that bounce overnight, but Wall St futures ticked back a touch ahead of Tuesday's opening bell.
From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2023
“Yeah,” I aped, and picked up the shovel.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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So at the same time as worrying about their male classmates "bottling things up", girls are also feeling scared about how some boys and men - aping Manosphere behaviours - might act.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Though Hale’s crude aping of Harold Lloyd is disappointing, the rest of the cast acquit themselves admirably—no one more so than La Plante as the sympathetic heroine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
The plan is to craft something “safe and fun” that will “bring joy” to its users, especially “women and gay people,” at a time when other social media executives are aping norms of reactionary ultramasculinity.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2025
This enrages Roy, who pushes over the podium and storms offstage with the other Roy Tillmans following him, aping his every gesture and statement.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2024
The deweys with their magnificent teeth ran out from Number 7 and danced a little jig around the befuddled Shadrack, then cut into a wild aping of his walk, his song and his bell-ringing.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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