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mockery

[mok-uh-ree] / ˈmɒk ə ri /




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But the videos themselves became a subject of further mockery online.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Now, after much mockery and controversy, minimalist footwear is hotter than ever.

From Slate Jul. 16, 2026

Then again, you could argue the Dodgers already are making a mockery of the NL West.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

As many of them see it, a failure by the parliamentary commissioner for standards to come down hard on Farage would make a mockery of plenty of other MPs' diligence.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

She was taken aback by the biting mockery in his voice.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

Mena believes the Black Paintings to be mockeries in the same spirit – cartoons he drew around himself as if the walls were “big sheets of paper”.

From The Guardian Jan. 30, 2019

But his daughter Meghan McCain, who has become a kind of spokeswoman for the family, recently called Trump's repeated, onstage mockeries of her father “gross.”

From Washington Post Jun. 26, 2018

Boston Dynamics’ creatures are like cruel, surreal techno-parodies of organic life, absurdist mockeries of living things.

From Slate Dec. 20, 2013

Which proves my point about who, exactly, makes mockeries of these things.

From Salon Sep. 24, 2010

There, sir, take your papers, and henceforth let there be no more mockeries of office.

From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Lever, Charles James




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