ape
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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
I felt like nothing more than a suffering ape.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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“We’re part of the same community,” said Fallon to Hilton as they compared apes on “The Tonight Show.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Indonesian wildlife authorities rescued 46 of the apes, which are critically endangered, before fires tore through their habitat in August and September.
From BBC ● Oct. 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
Before this discovery, Early Miocene fossil sites in North Africa had produced remains of monkeys but no confirmed apes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
It is generally believed that aids came originally from African primates, from monkeys and apes, and that it somehow jumped out of these animals into the human race.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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“Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” aped that scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
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
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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Not in a rote way, by aping the characterizations, exactly, or even the plot, mechanically.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
He certainly wouldn't want to give the impression he's aping their style or strategy.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
Even so, it's not getting any real Oscar buzz, despite Jim Parsons' aping Shirley MacLaine in "Terms of Endearment."
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2022
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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