dead ringer
Example Sentences
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A weirdo dog lets you “show your individuality,” said Terence Nelson, 38, an influencer marketing strategist in New York whose fuzzy Brussels griffon, Sue, is a dead ringer for an Ewok.
Our tour continues with a prison yard weight-lifting scene featuring an extra who is a dead ringer for Jason Momoa, the unofficial eye-candy for all sexual orientations.
From Salon
Monday’s atmospheric environment was not a dead ringer for rotating thunderstorms.
From Washington Post
Wu and his team took that discovery a step further and showed that when they stimulated cultured human ES cells with two molecular mixtures, the cells congregated into dead ringers for blastocysts.
From Science Magazine
A small tree that’s a dead ringer for the Charlie Brown Christmas tree sprung up in the hospital’s parking lot early December.
From Washington Times
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