copycat
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She was impressed that the real Skye Prince was calling out the copycat accounts and that she insisted the beds would be free.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The themes are copycat crimes and the sins of the fathers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Education minister Sonny Angara said the government was "very concerned", adding: "We don't want a situation seen in the United States, where there have been concerns about copycat incidents."
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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
John followed up like a bratty little sister playing copycat.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
While the damage is limited by state lines, their victories will inspire copycats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Sekoia also said the possibility remains that all three waves could have been carried out by different and distinct groups or copycats.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
DraftKings, FanDuel and other copycats launched prediction markets after Kalshi and an early competitor, Polymarket, caught fire with betting on sports and politics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
In the process, private-label brands shook off their reputation as cheap copycats.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
I had less than a minute before the copycats began.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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 preponderance of frightful tales in this program is obviously a matter of availability, cinematic copycatting and curatorial discretion.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
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
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