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One naming gambit, though, might be close to a sure thing—when companies brazenly ape the theme du jour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

A halfway house is a New York Times podcast whose moderators ape the shouty persona of comedian John Mulaney.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

It also appears to have differed substantially from ape species of a similar age found in East Africa.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

The experts studied chimpanzees and bonobos living at two great ape sanctuaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Of course Rosy knew of Linus’ success but saw no obvious reason to ape his mannerisms.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

The Indonesian government has requested India hand over the apes, forestry ministry spokesman Ristianto Pribadi told AFP on Friday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Photographs and videos widely shared online show the young apes sitting together on the forest floor and eating bananas, thousands of kilometres from the tropical rainforests where they belong.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Their health is being closely monitored by veterinarians, but a preliminary check found no burn injuries on the two great apes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

Lar gibbons are small apes covered in blonde or dark brown fur, with a distinctive ring of white fur around their faces.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Synchrony has even been found in the interactions of humans and apes.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

In the 1960s, a primitive chatbot that mindlessly aped a therapist had people pouring their hearts out to it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

His misguided approach - often aped on the Accidentally Partridge social media account, which shares cringeworthy clips of public figures - is "provocative" but, Coogan hopes, "never mean-spirited."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

Eggers’ “Nosferatu” succeeds because the director’s alterations to Henrik Galeen’s original 1922 screenplay, aped from Stoker’s novel with a few tweaks, are minimal.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024

“I aped a city skyline,” says Cohen about the collection of screens, “with ‘buildings’ of different heights, to ape New York.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024

Pascal, who speaks English, is "aped over Jodie Foster" and owns all her movies on videotape.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Not in a rote way, by aping the characterizations, exactly, or even the plot, mechanically.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The group had started out as one of countless young English acts aping American R&B in the mid-’60s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025

The plan is to craft something “safe and fun” that will “bring joy” to its users, especially “women and gay people,” at a time when other social media executives are aping norms of reactionary ultramasculinity.

From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2025

And so European footwear pivoted into the wide, box-toed shoes - and obviously, the public responded by aping the regal style with a flourish.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025

The deweys with their magnificent teeth ran out from Number 7 and danced a little jig around the befuddled Shadrack, then cut into a wild aping of his walk, his song and his bell-ringing.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison