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ripoff

[rip-awf, -of] / ˈrɪpˌɔf, -ˌɒf /


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Apple’s trade-secret suit against OpenAI echoes what Jobs dubbed a “thermonuclear war” against Google over its Android phone-operating system, which Jobs saw as a ripoff of Apple’s iOS.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Recently, he described this as "possibly the greatest organised ripoff perpetrated on the British people".

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024

Most thrillingly, Peacock is doing its own ripoff of NFL RedZone, called Gold Zone, in which it’ll offer live whip-around coverage of “every event happening at a given time,” NBC says.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2024

“If they had reached out to me, we could have worked together on a masterpiece. Instead, they chose to do a ripoff of my original story,” he told the Hollywood Reporter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024

Lear wrote on social media on Sunday with the hashtags "ripoff" and "copycat".

From Barron's




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