copycat
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Depending on what is ordered, copycat retatrutide can arrive needing to be mixed with sterile, bacteriostatic water which requires various calculations.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Godin's target of choice over the years was the flamboyant French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy, hit no fewer than eight times between 1985 and 2015, not counting copycat attacks by others around the world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Solid growth in sales of drugs for cancer and neuroscience helped offset a decline in sales of immunology drugs caused by copycat competition for the psoriasis drug Stelara, said Chief Financial Officer Joseph Wolk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
But with what seems like a Ripper copycat on the loose, everyone needs to put aside their preconceived notions and figure out what’s going on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Sandi also raises her hand like a copycat and tells Yoyo and Fifi to raise their hands too.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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Both Brand and Ibrahim Bulut, a museum security expert from a Belgian security consulting firm, believe many thefts that followed the Louvre burglary are copycats.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
But I also sensed from them a desire to be taken seriously as innovative contributors to the field—not copycats or free riders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Perhaps the same will be true with “Obsession”; Curry Barker’s copycats will try and fail to interpret the trials of dating when personality is a facade, and I’ll be left eating crow.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Those copycats up north aren’t going to be stealing this one,” said Spiegel, as the crowd erupted into applause and laughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
I had less than a minute before the copycats began.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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The Somerset company sued the supermarket chain in 2022 over claims Aldi had "copycatted" its Cloudy Lemon Cider in "taste and appearance".
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
Every innovation is quickly copycatted, suddenly making it seem a lot less innovative.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2021
She even finds it difficult to appreciate her fashion sense, which has since been copycatted by many a Free People-loving millennial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2019
If anything, Krzyzewski has copycatted Calipari’s strategy of recruiting NBA-ready players who are only in college because NBA rules require that they spend a year in school before they’re drafted.
From Time ● Apr. 5, 2015
Politicians from both sides of the aisle have critically lauded it, and at least three other states have copycatted Georgia Work$.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2011
As for the burger wars, Saleh said there was some risk for further copycatting.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025
Copyright law is well equipped to differentiate between slightly derivative human ingenuity and reductive copycatting.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2023
The familiar title aside, this miniseries produced by Mindy Kaling isn’t copycatting the original Richard Curtis romcom.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2019
“Ask the people at Snapchat about the Kumbaya stuff at Facebook,” said Taplin, referring to the relentless cloning and copycatting of the smaller competitor’s features to the point where it is now financially struggling.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2017
I fully expect there will be more players copycatting.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2016