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mock

[mok] / mɒk /






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“I would call it mock heroic or satiric. Miller’s is more of a sledgehammer. I wanted to write an ending for this moment that would connect with audiences.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

The influencer said when people find out that she listens to Owens, they often mock her and call her a conspiracy theorist.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

Many job seekers are employing artificial intelligence to rehearse asking for a higher salary by using large language models like Claude or ChatGPT to practice a mock negotiation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

As a fun experiment, the professor proceeds to hold a mock criminal trial in which F. Scott Fitzgerald’s text is the defendant.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

“It’s Comfort Snowberger!” she said with mock surprise and real affection in her voice.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

This mocks the intent of the push to end Unifil, given force by the U.N.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Motherwell were fined £5,000 for releasing a video with the caption: "As the world of football mocks our game, we simply have to draw a line in the sand and shift the focus."

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

In fact, Anthropic, which is behind the Claude AI chatbot, indirectly mocks OpenAI’s ChatGPT in its ad.

From MarketWatch Feb. 6, 2026

She identifies herself as a U.S. citizen and lightly mocks Ross for filming their license plates.

From Slate Jan. 9, 2026

The comet mocks my hopes, she thought, lifting her eyes to where it scored the sky.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

"When we launched this debate... we were mocked, people said it was totally unrealistic," Bodskov said.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

The proceedings had barely begun when Bessent mocked Canada’s military, dismissing it with a reference to a decommissioned amusement-park ride.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

After Ossoff mocked Trump’s “young, beautiful girls” spiel, however, it seems the White House realized how embarrassing the situation is for the president.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

The single star was painted in berry juice, as was the bear, which looked so porcine that Mexicans who were struggling to protect California from Yankee rogues mocked it as more pig than bear.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Privately, Kennedy had mocked Ike for being old and out of touch.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Phillips ultimately lost his job with Collins too, this time after crudely mocking a rival political operative whose wife had accused former NBC journalist Matt Lauer of rape.

From Slate Aug. 27, 2026

"It's like he's mocking and tormenting us," he said.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

It’s funny, my mother used to look at me with an expression that was neither mocking nor exasperated, merely seasoned, and say, “Baby, not everything needs to be a production.”

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

Social media has been flooded with posts from users in Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru questioning refereeing decisions or expressing disapproval of Argentina, while messages mocking rival teams also proliferated from Argentine accounts.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

“Yeah, you heah,” Bull said, mocking his wife’s southern accent.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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