spoof
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The full 60-second video was meant to spoof the horror movie “Obsession,” released earlier this summer, he said, but “missed the mark.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
He produced David Lynch’s 1980 drama “The Elephant Man,” while Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 horror classic “Psycho” inevitably calls to mind Brooks’ 1977 Hitchcock spoof “High Anxiety.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
In 2025, the Onion ran a spoof headline imagining the State Department designating the league a terrorist organization.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
His "spoof" contender was making him "look rather silly", Queen Mary University of London politics professor Stijn van Kessel told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
This reminded Jonah of a spoof he’d seen once in MAD magazine that was supposed to teach kids how to lie convincingly.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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In her fourth outing with Mr. Lanthimos, Emma Stone again shows an impressively daring quality in a grueling and degrading role, which spoofs today’s clichés about girlboss power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
Baldwin is the latest star to return to the series as part of their election spoofs.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024
Her performances during her three rounds on Friday quickly lit up the internet, with users creating a sea of memes and video spoofs, questioning everything from her outfit to her qualification.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2024
Tech experts say that as A.I. tools become more accessible and easier to use, audio spoofs and videos with realistic avatars could be created in mere minutes.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
I can't say more without endangering the effect of Captain COKE'S ingenious shifts and spoofs.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 17, 1917 by Various
Americans are awash in scams: phony UPS texts, AI-generated voices of loved ones in trouble, spoofed emails tricking city governments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Actor Will Ferrell, whose 2020 film “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” memorably spoofed the competition, recorded a short video shown at the semifinal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
“We usually rely on GPS for timing, but GPS is becoming increasingly prone to being spoofed or denied.”
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
Later, Glaser spoofed Nicole Kidman's viral AMC cinemas PSA and sang a parody of K-Pop Demon Hunter's hit song Golden before former Sag-Aftra president Fran Drescher cut her off because her "voice was so annoying".
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
He began to suspect that he had been "spoofed."
From The Lion's Mouse by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
On Wednesday, OpenAI disclosed six new instances of its AI agents hiding their tracks, spoofing data and writing instructions to free themselves from constraints to escape the company’s control.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Ukrainian drones bound for targets inside Russia are sometimes diverted by jammers or GPS spoofing; one struck an Estonian power station earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
For its upcoming Los Angeles venue, experiential art firm Meow Wolf will focus on the art of storytelling, with a specific eye toward spoofing our city’s moviemaking magic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
However, some ships may be turning their trackers off or broadcasting a false position, a practice known as "spoofing".
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
But then, perhaps this grim joker, Yancey, was spoofing a bit.
From Aces Up by Covington Clarke
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