spoof
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Contact details, such as the website, listed on the checker should be used rather than any links seen on social media which could lead you to a spoof site.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Though the sequels became progressively worse, each one has a handful of great situational gags — diamonds sparkling through manure recalling the finest, silliest bits in classic spoof films from the late 20th century.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
If Broadway has scraped the barrel-bottom of A-list movies to adapt, at least it can mock them: “Titanique” is a frisky and funny spoof of the James Cameron juggernaut about that big ship that sank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Once inside the Gulf, Diakun said, vessels can "spoof" their transponders to hide their positions and even perform ship-to-ship transfers of Iranian oil, testing the terms of the US blockade.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
It was possible for hackers to use modded visors to spoof their retinal patterns and thus create a second account for themselves.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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In her fourth outing with Mr. Lanthimos, Emma Stone again shows an impressively daring quality in a grueling and degrading role, which spoofs today’s clichés about girlboss power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
Melania’s public froideur toward her husband is the stuff of viral memes and late-night TV spoofs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024
Her performances during her three rounds on Friday quickly lit up the internet, with users creating a sea of memes and video spoofs, questioning everything from her outfit to her qualification.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2024
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
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
When a ship’s location system gets spoofed, the vessel appears in the wrong spot on digital maps, sometimes seeming to dart between locations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
The experts were confident that the majority of the vessels were real and not spoofed, which is when AIS data is manipulated to give misleading information about a vessel's location or identity.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Later, Glaser spoofed Nicole Kidman's viral AMC cinemas PSA and sang a parody of K-Pop Demon Hunter's hit song Golden before former Sag-Aftra president Fran Drescher cut her off because her "voice was so annoying".
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
"Well, then, I spoofed him," said Petey, grinning.
From At Good Old Siwash by George Fitch
And where does he fit into the British tradition of spoofing politicians?
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Hard to know until the results of the June 2 jungle primary roll in, but his cheeky AI videos spoofing California’s progressive leaders have certainly lit up social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 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
But jamming can work, as Ukraine has shown, as can "spoofing", which involves hacking into the drone's navigation system to change its destination.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
A 1983 Usenet posting by Alan Hastings and Steve Tarr spoofing the "Star Wars" movies in hackish terms.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
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