plagiarize
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In a Sunday editorial, the Boston Globe asked, “Did Claudine Gay plagiarize or not? Harvard should be clear.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
"All it does is plagiarize what has been fed into the system and is not capable of writing anything."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023
In the quickly evolving area of AI imagery, Adobe has tried to position itself as a responsible industry citizen by offering products that won’t plagiarize or create offensive imagery.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
District Judge Louis Stanton dismissed the lawsuit finding Sheeran and “Thinking Out Loud” co-writer Amy Wadge did not plagiarize parts of Gaye’s song.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2023
“We’re not going to plagiarize her. Filmmakers create stories based on true events all the time. It’s a common thing.”
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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As it happens with even the best storytellers, Questlove unfortunately — and one hopes unwittingly — at times plagiarizes his own work.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2021
It's not even a crime, I suppose, to release a derivative sitcom that plagiarizes from your own past work.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2020
After the claim made by the Raisens, CeCe Peniston wrote on Instagram that “Truth Hurts” plagiarizes her classic ‘90s hit, “Finally,” calling it “a clear example of #copyrightinfringement.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2019
After the claim made by the Raisens, CeCe Peniston wrote on Instagram that “Truth Hurts” plagiarizes her classic ’90s hit, “Finally,” calling it “a clear example of #copyrightinfringement.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2019
In leaving home, Shylock's French plagiarizes the Jew's speech to Jessica, even down to the doubt the Jew has about leaving his house at all.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various
Cannon mentioned these allegedly plagiarized words and phrases included “tears,” “running,” “fire,” “rain,” “sky,” “love,” “invisible,” “caged me,” “flesh and blood” and “it’s time to go.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
While perusing them, he said he discovered that the foreword to their book had been plagiarized from an article written by a BBC reporter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
"The book was pulled from publication because Hill plagiarized portions of it."
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
These manuscripts often contain fabricated data, manipulated or stolen images, plagiarized text and sometimes claims that are scientifically impossible.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
“You’re saying that our grandmother was a famous author? Or she would have been, except this Madeline woman plagiarized her story?”
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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And a Smith College graduation speaker was caught plagiarizing her speech.
From Slate ● May 30, 2025
The school reached out to several authors whom Gay is accused of plagiarizing and none objected to her language, it said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
Harvard, according to the report, reached out to several of the authors she was accused of plagiarizing — “none of whom objected to then-President Gay’s language.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
“If your own language is too close to the original, then you are plagiarizing, even if you do provide a citation,” the Harvard policy states.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
She really should have skipped the word plagiarizing, but I didn’t mention her poor pronunciation.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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