imitation
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That doesn’t save “Cape Fear” from being a 10-hour slog set to an imitation of Bernard Herrmann’s anxiety-inducing score, but it does lend a little intrigue to Antosca and Bardem’s interpretation of Max.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
But two exhibits are bound to draw huge interest: One is a full-size reproduction of the Obama Oval Office where visitors can take selfies while seated behind an imitation Resolute Desk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
For a generation sometimes derided for its sense of privilege, there’s a refreshing simplicity and wholesomeness to these recipes built for social media’s culture of imitation and iteration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
But this side currently look a pale imitation of the team who won the Carabao Cup at Wembley last season.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
“How dare you insinuate that my late wife would talk to you, a pale imitation, rather than to her own husband? How dare you talk to me about hope when hope died with her?”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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They cannot distinguish good data from bad and their imitations of human thoughts are imperfect.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
This "will help traditional EU farming products sell more in India, by removing unfair competition in the form of imitations", the EU executive said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
Many of the shocked faces watching Cena’s loss on Saturday night were children, decked out in imitations of Cena’s classic look of armbands and jean shorts.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
Mr. Branagh can be a bit of a ham—to me, it’s one of his charms—and his imitations of the author’s celebrity acquaintances, not least Katharine Hepburn and John Wayne, made me laugh out loud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
He watches a lot of Chinese martial arts movies and annoys us with his imitations of the movies’ monkey style.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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