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spoof

[spoof] / spuf /


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The opening credits spoof the iconic James Bond gun barrel signature, with Jason slashing his long blade instead of shooting a gun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

But Allyson says she and Jordan confirmed that the invitation was issued by their friends, and wasn’t a spoof.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

The full 60-second video was meant to spoof the horror movie “Obsession,” released earlier this summer, he said, but “missed the mark.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

The brothers produced the 1950s-style spy spoof "OSS 117" series and cult comedy "Brice de Nice", as well as a thriller based on former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power, "Conquest".

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

This reminded Jonah of a spoof he’d seen once in MAD magazine that was supposed to teach kids how to lie convincingly.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

“Hands!” spoofs FX’s “The Bear,” while satirizing TV conventions, like the will-they-won’t-they romantic plotlines, multicamera operation and filming in front of a live studio audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

It never disappointed us for a laugh with its great cast and their recurring characters and movie spoofs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

A council is urging whoever is putting up tongue-in-cheek signs in a city to stop the spoofs, saying they could "mislead residents and cause confusion".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

Tech experts say that as A.I. tools become more accessible and easier to use, audio spoofs and videos with realistic avatars could be created in mere minutes.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

I can't say more without endangering the effect of Captain COKE'S ingenious shifts and spoofs.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 17, 1917 by Various

The tensions also provided material for Saturday night’s “SNL UK,” which spoofed Zelenskyy’s meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

Actor Will Ferrell, whose 2020 film “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” memorably spoofed the competition, recorded a short video shown at the semifinal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

“We usually rely on GPS for timing, but GPS is becoming increasingly prone to being spoofed or denied.”

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

The scene in which he torments his son by bouncing a basketball against his head was spoofed by Mike Myers' Dr Evil in the second Austin Powers film.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Well, Jenny, according to her own version, spoofed Mrs. Mordaunt and your Violet in great shape.

From The Late Tenant by Louis Tracy

The unit used Lima to confuse the ballistic missiles that crashed into the Dnipro, filling the air with false signals—a technique known as spoofing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

On Wednesday, OpenAI disclosed six new instances of its AI agents hiding their tracks, spoofing data and writing instructions to free themselves from constraints to escape the company’s control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

And where does he fit into the British tradition of spoofing politicians?

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

However, some ships may be turning their trackers off or broadcasting a false position, a practice known as "spoofing".

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

By this time the bridge club with its Russian sweetmeats, its six-hundred-dollar china plates, the new afternoon frock, and the spoofing of Trudy must be well under way!

From The Gorgeous Girl by Nalbro Bartley


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