doppelganger
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You only need to pose for a few seconds for it to generate your digital doppelgänger, aka “cameo.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
On that cold rainy day, Zendaya doppelgänger Zainab Bansfield took home the coveted $40 prize, hair care products and bragging rights.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024
“There’s a gentleman in your audience who looks strikingly similar to Beavis, from the cartoon ‘Beavis and Butt-Head,’” Thompson says of Gosling’s Beavis doppelgänger.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2024
In writing “August Blue,” Levy liked the idea of using the doppelgänger to explore the mind and the way “we all talk to ourselves.”
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023
Boaz thought of the memes he’d seen claiming that some actor was actually a time traveler, their doppelgänger found in a vintage photograph.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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