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Behind guarded gates resembling an Indian maharajah's palace are hundreds of elephants and big cats, giraffes grazing in a mock savannah, and chimpanzees and orangutans swinging from ropes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Lakers star waved his hand in mock disgust toward Hachimura.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Project Convergence brought 9,700 infantry soldiers to the desert for a 10-day, round-the-clock mock fight against an Army unit called Blackhorse, which stood in for China’s People’s Liberation Army.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

She stopped in the middle of the woods during a walk, looked with disapproval at my light jacket, and threw her hands up in mock confusion, surveying the snow-encrusted pines.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

To America, Able Archer 83 was a mock exercise—neither the first nor the last that it would conduct during the Cold War.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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

West featured as the boss of a fictional big bank who mocks customers while planning branch closures.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

I can’t stand the way each crashing wave of undrinkable water mocks us.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Tafoya, meanwhile, was mocked by many upon her entry to the race, as former Sunday Night Football sideline reporters don’t have substantial governing backgrounds.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

In May, I challenged him to have tacos with my dad and me after the internet mocked him for declaring that the hard-shell tacos at a Del Taco in Barstow were “street.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The political editor of KSDK-TV in St. Louis, Schmitt’s home market, mocked him openly for the mistake.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Illinois governor, whose weight has been repeatedly mocked by President Trump, said he has lost 80 pounds on GLP-1 medication following a diabetes diagnosis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

He didn’t really blame them; he looked like the kind of person you did that to, mocked.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

American football team the Atlanta Falcons have ruffled feathers with their new logo, which instantly drew mocking comparisons with imagery from Adolf Hitler's Germany.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

His longtime girlfriend had just broken up with him, his teammates were mocking him behind his back and, at 23, he had crossed the line from prospect to liability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

After seeing a stream of comments interpreting it as mocking the security forces, she deleted it quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

Even now, she recalled the thin, mocking quality of the creature’s voice, the cool prickle of his laughter.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray