as in to lampoon
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Recent Examples of satirize
Like Slings and Arrows, the great Canadian TV send-up of theater, Étoile satirizes the current economics of ballet and the silliness of the people in charge.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
The primary motif of the series — created, written and directed by Mike White — has always been to satirize the wealthy who, even while enveloped by the world’s most tranquil and extraordinary surroundings, can’t help but indulge their egos or keep up with their ever-growing list of grievances.
—Maya Salam, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
More than a decade after Gone With the Wind’s silver screen debut, O’Connor published a story satirizing the gala’s pageantry.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Hitting theaters from Lionsgate on April 14, 2000, American Psycho stars Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, a banker with murderous fantasies, in the adaptation of author Bret Easton Ellis’ best-selling novel satirizing 1980s yuppie culture.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Apr. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
The primary motif of the series — created, written and directed by Mike White — has always been to satirize the wealthy who, even while enveloped by the world’s most tranquil and extraordinary surroundings, can’t help but indulge their egos or keep up with their ever-growing list of grievances.
—Maya Salam, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
More than a decade after Gone With the Wind’s silver screen debut, O’Connor published a story satirizing the gala’s pageantry.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Hitting theaters from Lionsgate on April 14, 2000, American Psycho stars Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, a banker with murderous fantasies, in the adaptation of author Bret Easton Ellis’ best-selling novel satirizing 1980s yuppie culture.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satirize
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Throughout it all, Danson also got to lampoon himself alongside IRL pal Larry David on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024), appearing sporadically in some of the comedy's best episodes.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
21 May 2025
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The sketch comedy show also lampooned the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) ongoing struggles that have caused mass delays at airports and several near collisions between aircraft due to air traffic control outages.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
18 May 2025
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The spaghetti example later became well-known enough that Smith parodied it almost a year later in February 2024.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 May 2025
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Content Creators And Brand Ambassadors Gstaad Guy parades in Loro Piana, and the European Kid parodies luxury culture.—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Gervais also mocked himself during his acceptance speech.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
31 May 2025
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A week later, Rogan mocked Hawass and weighed in again on skeptical theories over who built the pyramids.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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South Korea’s new president should mimic Moon’s approach by pushing his national security staff and economic advisers to get into the weeds with their North Korean counterparts.—
John Delury,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
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Modern robots can move with incredible agility, mimicking animal locomotion and executing complex tasks with mechanical precision.—
James Pikul,
The Conversation,
2 June 2025
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Life is not imitating art for The White Lotus stars Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
4 June 2025
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One example is the achievement of Heinz ketchup in validating its market dominance by showing how art imitates life, and AI imitates humans.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Long celebrated and derided, the California Environmental Quality Act is facing its strongest overhaul in generations.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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Trump regularly derided the DOJ over the multiple indictments issued against him as politically motivated during the 2024 election.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
30 May 2025
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Managers ran through rows of their peers and announced their area’s sales performance, ridiculing poor performers.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2025
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Clinton was ridiculed for his obsession with infrastructure until the numbers proved him out: the canal transformed New York City into an economic powerhouse, and its population surged to more than two hundred thousand.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Morning and afternoon activities are offered every day, and musicians, caricatures artists and pet therapists visit to keep residents entertained.—
Joshua Zatulskis,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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Yet abroad, Germans are still caricatured as Nazis, and the remembrance culture plays a part by overdoing it.—
Mark Sappenfield,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 May 2025
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