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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

A group of demonstrators carried a large mock concrete cake, symbolically marking Rama's birthday as the prime minister turns 62 on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Names that NBA executives and mock drafts attached to the Lakers are Kentucky center Jayden Quaintance, Texas forward Dailyn Swain and Duke wing Isaiah Evans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

Both programmes show single people agreeing to "marry" total strangers after meeting for the first time at their mock weddings.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

At the Summer Tournament, in only a few days, our mock war will take place in front of the royal family.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

The Online Safety Act requires platforms like Instagram to apply terms of service consistently, including where content mocks people based on protected characteristics, like their disability.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

In a chapter titled “The War of the Gods and Demons,” Chesterton mocks the idea that soldiers in a war fight for “abstract” economic or geopolitical advantages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 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

Outside, a crescent moon mocks her from its perch.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

More devastating, Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, mocked Trump’s plan to charge tolls.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

Some South Koreans mocked their own team after Japanese media reported that Japan had a strong chance of reaching the quarter-finals if it faced South Korea in the last 16.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Venezuelans jeered acting president Delcy Rodríguez and mocked National Guard troops, while some U.S. lawmakers criticized the government for allegedly limiting aid access.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Its members have mocked hard-shell cholos and gangsters, often by placing them in funny scenarios.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Had he been mocked, had anyone spoken, or laughed, or called? he could not remember.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

The Ukrainian president also requested a ceasefire, while striking a defiant, at-times mocking tone.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

The company unveiled the collaboration on its website with a video of the auteur using Flux to storyboard scenes, which involves mocking up shots before filming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

But in the superb new production of the tragedy at the Shakespeare Theatre Company here, directed by Simon Godwin, they take on an almost mocking tone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Colbert also spent much of the episode openly mocking Paramount and CBS in ways that strongly suggested they were not exactly thrilled with the project.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

“And I be’s full as a Jersey cow,” said Aunt Loma, mocking her.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns