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Nicknamed Novita, the ape shown in footage released by a conservation group is among dozens that have been rescued from wildfires burning across parts of Sumatra and Borneo in recent months.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The great ape, which was discovered by a farmer, was rescued and given emergency treatment for hypoxia, but later died.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
One naming gambit, though, might be close to a sure thing—when companies brazenly ape the theme du jour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The discovery of Masripithecus moghraensis suggests that important parts of ape evolutionary history may remain buried in regions that paleontologists have not yet explored in depth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Prince warded off the attempted bites with ease, and the ape was heaving at the chest now, desperate for air.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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The Indonesian government has requested India hand over the apes, forestry ministry spokesman Ristianto Pribadi told AFP on Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Photographs and videos widely shared online show the young apes sitting together on the forest floor and eating bananas, thousands of kilometres from the tropical rainforests where they belong.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
That distinction has influenced ideas about whether the human-chimpanzee ancestor should have possessed feet more like those of modern apes or monkeys.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Lar gibbons are small apes covered in blonde or dark brown fur, with a distinctive ring of white fur around their faces.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Stella once teased me that elephants are superior because they feel more joy and more grief than apes.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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In the 1960s, a primitive chatbot that mindlessly aped a therapist had people pouring their hearts out to it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
His misguided approach - often aped on the Accidentally Partridge social media account, which shares cringeworthy clips of public figures - is "provocative" but, Coogan hopes, "never mean-spirited."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
Eggers’ “Nosferatu” succeeds because the director’s alterations to Henrik Galeen’s original 1922 screenplay, aped from Stoker’s novel with a few tweaks, are minimal.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
“I aped a city skyline,” says Cohen about the collection of screens, “with ‘buildings’ of different heights, to ape New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
She pushed her doll closer, so that Mrs. Fanning aped a surprised, cross-eyed look.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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Though Hale’s crude aping of Harold Lloyd is disappointing, the rest of the cast acquit themselves admirably—no one more so than La Plante as the sympathetic heroine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
The plan is to craft something “safe and fun” that will “bring joy” to its users, especially “women and gay people,” at a time when other social media executives are aping norms of reactionary ultramasculinity.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2025
And so European footwear pivoted into the wide, box-toed shoes - and obviously, the public responded by aping the regal style with a flourish.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025
This enrages Roy, who pushes over the podium and storms offstage with the other Roy Tillmans following him, aping his every gesture and statement.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2024
It is only as I do it that I realize who I am aping, whose face frightened me into wanting it for my own.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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