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

He certainly wouldn't want to give the impression he's aping their style or strategy.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024

Emails between Percoco and a consultant referred to the money as “ziti,” aping a trope from “The Sopranos.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023

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