imitate
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This advantage is valuable, rare and difficult to imitate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
"I was trying to imitate players - like you do when you're a kid. Now I'm here winning matches. It's awesome."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Parrots are famous for their ability to imitate human speech, but could they also be using names the way people do?
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
“It speaks to his greatness,” said Lakers coach JJ Redick, and, yeah, somebody must be great if they can induce grown men to imitate farm animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
Furthermore, Methuselah didn’t just imitate words, he knew them.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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Yet it wisely imitates neither the structure nor tone of its noble predecessor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
We’ll all find out together if, with the original stock market superstition, life actually imitates art.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Instead of copying part of a virus or bacterium, this new vaccine imitates the communication signals immune cells exchange during infection.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
While AI-generated music is rife online, it's often released under fictitious names, or imitates big stars, but it doesn't normally appear on their official streaming pages.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
Herrmann’s orchestra imitates a swing band’s jazzy rhythms and brassy sound.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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His drip painting technique is one the art world's most recognisable and often imitated.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
“Sopranos” creator David Chase ran all those rules through the meat grinder at Satriale’s, and in the process made the most imitated show since “I Love Lucy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Often imitated, never duplicated, a ring from Spinelli Kilcollin is both classic and subversive enough to be interesting for decades to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
Although examples exist in the United States, the architectural design originated in ancient Rome and was broadly imitated in later European monuments.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2025
I imitated those who squealed with excitement as they hung from two parallel bars I could not reach.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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According to the study, this is the first documented case of a spider imitating a parasitic fungus that infects other spiders.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
“We are not imitating; we are a model to others,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
The thing about Spirit that makes it complicated is that the network carriers started imitating the business model of Spirit and the other ultra-low-cost carriers through basic economy fares.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
“No, no, no, please, president,” Trump said in a mocking tone imitating her voice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Parrots are known to be long-lived, and among all the world’s birds, African Greys are best at imitating human speech.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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