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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
When she was a very young woman, my grandmother was a dead ringer for a famous actor named Myrna Loy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025
The cashier was mum on the “secret sauce,” but that chili mayo is a dead ringer for the popular bang bang sauce.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023
“So even if a modern-day regulation is not a dead ringer for historical precursors, it still may be analogous enough to pass constitutional muster.”
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023
He warned me I’d get a shock when I met his wife, she was such a dead ringer for Carole Lombard.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
