imitated
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He entertained mass audiences so successfully that his murder mysteries, spy sagas and innocent-man-accused tales became their own genre: the Alfred Hitchcock Movie, often imitated but never equaled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Life imitated art for Cyrus, who became a global pop star off the back of the show's success.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Life imitated art when, in 2019, Van Der Beek fulfilled the prophecy foretold by a “Don’t Trust the B—” storyline and became a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
He said he hoped that the tax “would be an example for the world, to be imitated in many places.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
In a typical Bach fugue, such as the ‘Gigue Fugue’, the tune to be imitated would be much longer than the four notes that begin 'London’s Burning’.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
