satirize
Example Sentences
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But in her novel, rather than satirize or steamroll, Shriver takes her open-armed and open-borders characters as seriously and empathetically as her anti-immigration ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
The shorts often satirize Christmas traditions such as gift-giving and pageants.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025
West then compared his fate to that of Randy Newman, whose song “Rednecks” controversially uses an epithet for Black people to satirize racism.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025
The fourth deals with a witch, giving them a chance to satirize conspiracy theorists.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024
And there is always the non-productive brotherhood of critics to disparage and to satirize, to view with horror and contempt.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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