copycat
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Education minister Sonny Angara said the government was "very concerned", adding: "We don't want a situation seen in the United States, where there have been concerns about copycat incidents."
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
But with what seems like a Ripper copycat on the loose, everyone needs to put aside their preconceived notions and figure out what’s going on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
And soon they will face a cheaper rival: copycat versions of Keytruda itself could be on the market by 2028.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
TV commercials showed construction workers jousting with FatMaxes, and Stanley sued copycat competitors for alleged patent infringement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
John followed up like a bratty little sister playing copycat.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
The second threat is from open-weight model makers and copycats finding ways to mimic the performance of the leading models at a fraction of the cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
“Those copycats up north aren’t going to be stealing this one,” said Spiegel, as the crowd erupted into applause and laughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Critics of this so-called digital asset treasury playbook have feared that Strategy and its copycats won’t be able to pay their debt or dividend obligations unless Bitcoin prices recover.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
So, naturally, there's a whole Liszt of copycats in 2026.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
I had less than a minute before the copycats began.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
The Somerset-based brewer sued the supermarket chain over claims Aldi had "copycatted" its Cloudy Lemon Cider "in both taste and appearance".
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024
Every innovation is quickly copycatted, suddenly making it seem a lot less innovative.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2021
She even finds it difficult to appreciate her fashion sense, which has since been copycatted by many a Free People-loving millennial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2019
If anything, Krzyzewski has copycatted Calipari’s strategy of recruiting NBA-ready players who are only in college because NBA rules require that they spend a year in school before they’re drafted.
From Time ● Apr. 5, 2015
Politicians from both sides of the aisle have critically lauded it, and at least three other states have copycatted Georgia Work$.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2011
As for the burger wars, Saleh said there was some risk for further copycatting.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025
Copyright law is well equipped to differentiate between slightly derivative human ingenuity and reductive copycatting.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2023
The familiar title aside, this miniseries produced by Mindy Kaling isn’t copycatting the original Richard Curtis romcom.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2019
This physical copycatting is behind Ms. de Havilland’s right-of-publicity claim.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2018
“Ask the people at Snapchat about the Kumbaya stuff at Facebook,” said Taplin, referring to the relentless cloning and copycatting of the smaller competitor’s features to the point where it is now financially struggling.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2017
