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caricature

[kar-i-kuh-cher, -choor] / ˈkær ɪ kə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər /


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“Forget the tired caricature of Europe as a low-growth value trap,” said strategists led by Gerry Fowler.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

He has less patience for commentators who seek to debunk originalism by measuring its practitioners against a caricature of the method.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

“We have to separate Berkeley from the caricature of Berkeley that some people had in their mind 60 years ago,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Like all of those after-school specials, there’s a distinct element of gratitude that helps the film transcend accusations of corniness or caricature.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

“Dare not?” shouted Sir Lancelot, and he went into the darkness staggering, laughing like a caricature, and calling for his horse.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Mr. Vance also caricatures Friedman’s legacy by implying that laissez-faire elevates economic development above human dignity.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

He was known for his caricatures of politicians, including Putin, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Their testimonials on our website demonstrate that they are real, complex human beings, not caricatures.

From Salon Jun. 8, 2026

Characters are caricatures, be it a villain that feels plucked from a cartoon western, complete with a purring raccoon for a sidekick, to a greedy wannabe politician of a bank manager.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

After that, a local Bled newspaper published a group of caricatures of all eight players, and a souvenir postcard was made of the drawings.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

They are caricatured as tourists, or cowboys, or worse—Ted Lasso.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

"Magyar will want, as he did during the campaign, not to be caricatured as being a pawn of Brussels; do not expect him to say yes to everything," said an EU diplomat.

From Barron's Apr. 13, 2026

"Where Dhar takes the biggest swing is in his portrayal of Pakistan. It is not caricatured, but surprisingly nuanced, especially politically," writes Vineeta Kumar on India Today's website.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

During Newby’s tenure as chief justice, a cartoon has hung in the Supreme Court depicting him as Superman, surrounded by a coterie of conservative appellate justices caricatured as other members of DC Comics’ Justice League.

From Salon Oct. 31, 2025

The story was caricatured as ‘coarse, primitive and vulgar’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Proxmire became addicted to the fawning press attention he got from caricaturing serious scientific research as ludicrous.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2025

By 2017, Saturday Night Live was caricaturing Ms Trump in a mock advertisement for a perfume called "Complicit."

From BBC Nov. 7, 2023

Forster and George Orwell set stories in British India while caricaturing South Asians or casting them in supporting roles.

From Washington Post Feb. 3, 2023

They’re dressed in drag — even mustaches — caricaturing their male detractors.

From New York Times Apr. 6, 2022

It is true her books portray the eccentricities, the follies, and foibles of the society in which she lived, caricaturing with terrible exactness its hypocrisy, boastfulness, greed, affectation, and undue subservience to public opinion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various




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