copycat
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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
Regardless, a flood of copycat drugs is set to enter the market in the coming years, and betting on next-generation therapies like sac-TMT is central to Merck’s effort to defend its leading oncology franchise.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Once known more as a technology copycat than as an innovator, China now offers returnees a chance to work in cutting-edge industries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
John followed up like a bratty little sister playing copycat.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
The group also faces increased competition from copycats in supermarkets, as well as from rival Select, which claims to have invented the spritz in Venice in 1920.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 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
So, naturally, there's a whole Liszt of copycats in 2026.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
As a result, its high-profile acquisition by Meta angered Beijing, which feared copycats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 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
Critics attribute Brazil’s most recent flat Earth craze to poor public education, copycatting from abroad and to the increase in social media use.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2019
The familiar title aside, this miniseries produced by Mindy Kaling isn’t copycatting the original Richard Curtis romcom.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2019
Online ubiquity can also result in overexposure and copycatting.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2014
