aping

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Though Hale’s crude aping of Harold Lloyd is disappointing, the rest of the cast acquit themselves admirably—no one more so than La Plante as the sympathetic heroine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 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

Even so, it's not getting any real Oscar buzz, despite Jim Parsons' aping Shirley MacLaine in "Terms of Endearment."

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2022

It is only as I do it that I realize who I am aping, whose face frightened me into wanting it for my own.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black