mock
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After treks to downtown L.A.’s Fashion District to find just the right materials, she’ll mock up clever riffs on julienned ginger and cilantro leaves.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 6, 2026
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth separately appeared to mock the physical appearance of a Canadian soldier on social media.
From Barron's β Sep. 8, 2026
The influencer said when people find out that she listens to Owens, they often mock her and call her a conspiracy theorist.
From Salon β Aug. 26, 2026
Authorities also expanded a mandatory online training course for individual investors that explains the risks and tracks mock investments through hours of trading exercises.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 25, 2026
I shushed him with mock indignance though secretly enjoying myself because I couldn’t deny it—not to Bright, anyway; he was too smart for that— Kekeli had my heart.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Motherwell were fined £5,000 for releasing a video with the caption: "As the world of football mocks our game, we simply have to draw a line in the sand and shift the focus."
From BBC β Jul. 22, 2026
In a chapter titled “The War of the Gods and Demons,” Chesterton mocks the idea that soldiers in a war fight for “abstract” economic or geopolitical advantages.
From The Wall Street Journal β Feb. 18, 2026
In fact, Anthropic, which is behind the Claude AI chatbot, indirectly mocks OpenAI’s ChatGPT in its ad.
From MarketWatch β Feb. 6, 2026
She identifies herself as a U.S. citizen and lightly mocks Ross for filming their license plates.
From Slate β Jan. 9, 2026
Outside, a crescent moon mocks her from its perch.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina GarcΓa
The political editor of KSDK-TV in St. Louis, Schmitt’s home market, mocked him openly for the mistake.
From Salon β Oct. 1, 2026
He then mocked one of the main topics of this year’s General Assembly—an effort to put restraints on artificial intelligence, which Trump said should be called superintelligence, because the word artificial makes it sound “fake.”
From Slate β Sep. 22, 2026
My career was insulted, and I was mocked for fumbling around while attempting to juice a pineapple with a woefully inadequate kitchen utensil.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 18, 2026
The proceedings had barely begun when Bessent mocked Canada’s military, dismissing it with a reference to a decommissioned amusement-park ride.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 2, 2026
Privately, Kennedy had mocked Ike for being old and out of touch.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
"They don't have enough land," he said, mocking Russia -- the world's largest country.
From Barron's β Sep. 26, 2026
The Korean company and its devotees are mocking Apple for hyping a product they’ve had for years.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 23, 2026
His longtime girlfriend had just broken up with him, his teammates were mocking him behind his back and, at 23, he had crossed the line from prospect to liability.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 13, 2026
Phillips ultimately lost his job with Collins too, this time after crudely mocking a rival political operative whose wife had accused former NBC journalist Matt Lauer of rape.
From Slate β Aug. 27, 2026
“Not much of a mountain, is it?” he said in a familiar mocking tone.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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