doppelganger
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As an adult I acquired a different doppelgänger, not a famous actor but a fellow opinion journalist whom I happened to befriend after moving to New York in the mid-1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
As the demands of these two facets of his life become overwhelming, he decides to hire a doppelgänger to take over his professional commitments.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
On that cold rainy day, Zendaya doppelgänger Zainab Bansfield took home the coveted $40 prize, hair care products and bragging rights.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024
The movie was Richard Ayoade’s 2015 science-fiction dark comedy “The Double,” starring Jesse Eisenberg in dual roles of an office pushover and his conniving doppelgänger.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
When he entered a tournament, dressed in a khaki shirt and pants and dark tie and displaying that mustache, it was as if a doppelgänger of Der Fuehrer had been incarnated.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing doppelganger
The Fault in Our Stars
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