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look-alike

[look-uh-lahyk] / ˈlʊk əˌlaɪk /


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The Daily Star gives readers a laugh with a "photo exclusive" of a Lionel Messi look-alike, with the impersonator saying he "backs England" in the semi-finals on Wednesday.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Three years after winning the Laura look-alike contest, she auditioned to play Laura in the Netflix adaptation through an open casting call, but didn’t get the part.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

In 2023, the Village People’s manager reportedly sent the campaign a cease-and-desist letter after a look-alike group was hired to perform the song “Macho Man” at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

The long and unexpected afterlife of the Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest.

From MarketWatch Nov. 3, 2025

Or will there be two waiting black Cadillacs, one with a leering look-alike?

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

Using a combination of artificial intelligence modeling, genetic screening, and laboratory testing, Duarte and his team confirmed that the M5 motif distinguishes true PET-degrading enzymes from inactive look-alikes.

From Science Daily Nov. 4, 2025

Tepper will buy Chinese look-alikes too as long as they’re not counterfeits.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 2, 2025

So having a competition solely dedicated to him, in which thousands of ogling fans and hopeful look-alikes traveled both near and far to attend, is incredibly Gen-Z coded.

From Salon Oct. 29, 2024

The Oscar-nominated “Call Me by Your Name” and “Dune” star made a surprise appearance Sunday at Washington Square Park, where hundreds of fans and look-alikes gathered to crown the one, the only “best Tim.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2024

There were families sheltered in cheap tent trailers, aging hippies in Day-Glo vans, Charles Manson look-alikes sleeping in rusted-out Studebakers that hadn’t turned over since Eisenhower was in the White House.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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