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"\u2014 C. P. Pierce"
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"The boys mocked him for showing fear.",
"He mocks art only because he doesn't understand it.",
"They continue to mock the idea of a new government.",
"We are being mocked for our religious beliefs.",
"You can mock me as much as you like, but I'm going to do it anyway.",
"Noun",
"they made a mock of the new recruit in front of the whole unit",
"obviously, the \u201cpriceless\u201d Grecian urn that is destroyed in the movie was a mock",
"Adjective",
"We stared at him in mock surprise.",
"Every summer, our history club performs mock battles to relive our country's greatest war.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The chapters that work best embrace their radical forms more gently \u2014 or even mock them. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
"As Americans, our first instinct when a person from outside of the US says something critical of our nation is often to dismiss the comment (or mock their country; be honest!). \u2014 Dean Obeidallah, CNN , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Some used the courtroom as a stage to praise infamous Nazi leader Adolf Hitler or mock the Holocaust. \u2014 Will Carless, USA TODAY , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Poets are referenced and quoted again and again\u2014Wordsworth, Donne, Rossetti\u2014sometimes just to mock the quoter. \u2014 Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Not the theatrical kind of worry that conservative talk-show hosts mock on prime-time TV. \u2014 Dan Schwartz, The Atlantic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The Illuminati might mock 616-Strange for being more arrogant than their own Strange. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 14 May 2022",
"Others mock the practice or deliberately misgender as a way to demean or insult. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Teams flagrantly mock the Rooney Rule by bringing in Black coaches for sham interviews. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Jeff showed me the wooden mock -up of the Palm Pilot that served as the original Pilot's guide in that meeting. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Overhead of the New Glenn rocket from Blue Origin, one of the three heavy-lift launch providers Amazon selected for Project Kuiper (featuring a mock -up of the Amazon logo). \u2014 Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Mathurin is widely expected to be a lottery pick in the 2022 NBA draft, while some NBA mock drafts have Terry sneaking into the first round. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Here's what the initial mock drafts say about the No. 6 pick. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
"That was the case in one of our Baltimore Sun mock drafts, too. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 28 Apr. 2022",
"However, in his latest mock released Tuesday, the former Draft Express analyst has the Pistons going with another standout from the Big Ten. \u2014 Mason Young, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
"Zierlein has a surprise at the top of his mock with Detroit taking Oregon\u2019s Kayvon Thibodeaux instead of Michigan\u2019s Aidan Hutchinson at No. 2. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Doug Lesmerises had the Browns taking Pickens in his latest mock . \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Paolo Banchero going first overall, blowing up the mock boards that had Auburn\u2019s Jabari Smith as the consensus top choice. \u2014 Stefan Bondy, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"Sourcing from purveyors like Caviart for a caviar alternative and Kuleana for mock tuna has resulted in Blue's substantial vegan menu, which Gentile says is highly sought after. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 22 June 2022",
"The school had minstrel shows and mock slave auctions up until the \u203290s. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Our testers created a mock room and let 30 robot vacuums loose to pick up crumbs, fur, and sand, and evaluated each for setup, effectiveness, maneuverability, noise, and special features. \u2014 Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"Minors had been beaten and stabbed and had fingernails or teeth removed during interrogation, while some were made to endure mock executions, according to a report from Tom Andrews, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"The appreciation for Baquet was palpable during the gathering in the Times newsroom on Tuesday, where a mock front page made the rounds. \u2014 Oliver Darcy, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Inspired by the 2016 clown sightings, this mock -umentary follows a man in Naples, Florida, known as Wrinkles the Clown. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"The first 4th of July celebrations consisted of mock funerals for King George III in the summer of 1776. \u2014 Maggie Horton, Country Living , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Perhaps most famously, Mr. Remy and Orsillo, in between convulsions of laughter, mock -analyzed an incident in which one fan in the Fenway stands threw a slice of pizza at another in April 2007. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Clifford looked at him mock -sternly, channelling Diana. \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 8 June 2020",
"Stokes continued, mock yelling in a West Hollywood hotel. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 20 Apr. 2020",
"But as the conflict in the country dragged on for years, the banner became a symbol over which critics would mock Bush. \u2014 John Gage, Washington Examiner , 16 Mar. 2020",
"The included photo of the model/ mock up of this case is close but not exact. \u2014 Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life , 26 Feb. 2020",
"Some of the more witless pundits mock all this as mere conspiracy theory. \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 26 Dec. 2019",
"That same week provides a test, as many of the acts Nation of Smooth members love/ mock will perform down the street from Revolution Live at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Nov. 2019",
"The artists Kenya (Robinson) and Doreen Garner are sitting mock -regally on a divan in a moody Gramercy cocktail bar. \u2014 Adam Davidson, The New Yorker , 28 Jan. 2017"
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"\u2014 Ferdinand Schevill"
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"\u2014 D. D. Eisenhower"
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"\u2014 Nelson Hayes"
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"\u2014 C. P. Pierce"
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"Verb",
"The boys mocked him for showing fear.",
"He mocks art only because he doesn't understand it.",
"They continue to mock the idea of a new government.",
"We are being mocked for our religious beliefs.",
"You can mock me as much as you like, but I'm going to do it anyway.",
"Noun",
"they made a mock of the new recruit in front of the whole unit",
"obviously, the \u201cpriceless\u201d Grecian urn that is destroyed in the movie was a mock",
"Adjective",
"We stared at him in mock surprise.",
"Every summer, our history club performs mock battles to relive our country's greatest war.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The chapters that work best embrace their radical forms more gently \u2014 or even mock them. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
"As Americans, our first instinct when a person from outside of the US says something critical of our nation is often to dismiss the comment (or mock their country; be honest!). \u2014 Dean Obeidallah, CNN , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Some used the courtroom as a stage to praise infamous Nazi leader Adolf Hitler or mock the Holocaust. \u2014 Will Carless, USA TODAY , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Poets are referenced and quoted again and again\u2014Wordsworth, Donne, Rossetti\u2014sometimes just to mock the quoter. \u2014 Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Not the theatrical kind of worry that conservative talk-show hosts mock on prime-time TV. \u2014 Dan Schwartz, The Atlantic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The Illuminati might mock 616-Strange for being more arrogant than their own Strange. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 14 May 2022",
"Others mock the practice or deliberately misgender as a way to demean or insult. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Teams flagrantly mock the Rooney Rule by bringing in Black coaches for sham interviews. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Jeff showed me the wooden mock -up of the Palm Pilot that served as the original Pilot's guide in that meeting. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Overhead of the New Glenn rocket from Blue Origin, one of the three heavy-lift launch providers Amazon selected for Project Kuiper (featuring a mock -up of the Amazon logo). \u2014 Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Mathurin is widely expected to be a lottery pick in the 2022 NBA draft, while some NBA mock drafts have Terry sneaking into the first round. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Here's what the initial mock drafts say about the No. 6 pick. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
"That was the case in one of our Baltimore Sun mock drafts, too. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun , 28 Apr. 2022",
"However, in his latest mock released Tuesday, the former Draft Express analyst has the Pistons going with another standout from the Big Ten. \u2014 Mason Young, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
"Zierlein has a surprise at the top of his mock with Detroit taking Oregon\u2019s Kayvon Thibodeaux instead of Michigan\u2019s Aidan Hutchinson at No. 2. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Doug Lesmerises had the Browns taking Pickens in his latest mock . \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Paolo Banchero going first overall, blowing up the mock boards that had Auburn\u2019s Jabari Smith as the consensus top choice. \u2014 Stefan Bondy, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"Sourcing from purveyors like Caviart for a caviar alternative and Kuleana for mock tuna has resulted in Blue's substantial vegan menu, which Gentile says is highly sought after. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 22 June 2022",
"The school had minstrel shows and mock slave auctions up until the \u203290s. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Our testers created a mock room and let 30 robot vacuums loose to pick up crumbs, fur, and sand, and evaluated each for setup, effectiveness, maneuverability, noise, and special features. \u2014 Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"Minors had been beaten and stabbed and had fingernails or teeth removed during interrogation, while some were made to endure mock executions, according to a report from Tom Andrews, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"The appreciation for Baquet was palpable during the gathering in the Times newsroom on Tuesday, where a mock front page made the rounds. \u2014 Oliver Darcy, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Inspired by the 2016 clown sightings, this mock -umentary follows a man in Naples, Florida, known as Wrinkles the Clown. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"The first 4th of July celebrations consisted of mock funerals for King George III in the summer of 1776. \u2014 Maggie Horton, Country Living , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Perhaps most famously, Mr. Remy and Orsillo, in between convulsions of laughter, mock -analyzed an incident in which one fan in the Fenway stands threw a slice of pizza at another in April 2007. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Clifford looked at him mock -sternly, channelling Diana. \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 8 June 2020",
"Stokes continued, mock yelling in a West Hollywood hotel. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 20 Apr. 2020",
"But as the conflict in the country dragged on for years, the banner became a symbol over which critics would mock Bush. \u2014 John Gage, Washington Examiner , 16 Mar. 2020",
"The included photo of the model/ mock up of this case is close but not exact. \u2014 Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life , 26 Feb. 2020",
"Some of the more witless pundits mock all this as mere conspiracy theory. \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 26 Dec. 2019",
"That same week provides a test, as many of the acts Nation of Smooth members love/ mock will perform down the street from Revolution Live at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Nov. 2019",
"The artists Kenya (Robinson) and Doreen Garner are sitting mock -regally on a divan in a moody Gramercy cocktail bar. \u2014 Adam Davidson, The New Yorker , 28 Jan. 2017"
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"\u2014 E. R. Burroughs"
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"\u2014 O. St. John Gogarty"
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"\u2014 E. A. Freeman"
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"\u2014 George Eliot"
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"the children's cruel mockery of each other",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Perot\u2019s lasting legacy was his mockery of free trade and his near-religious belief that God should have chiseled a balanced budget into the Ten Commandments. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
"At first, Lewyn\u2019s worldly sophistication seems to make a mockery of his new friend\u2019s white-bread lifestyle and theatrical spirituality. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"There are many other moments that make a mockery of Alison\u2019s privacy. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 12 May 2022",
"Their acquiescence in efforts to undermine the Supreme Court\u2019s deliberations make a mockery of their own condemnations of that shameful episode. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
"Many have noted that the bill initially failed to include a minimum age \u2014 an omission that has opened the door to widespread mockery . \u2014 NBC News , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The self- mockery strikes a tone of gothic camp which relieves the gloom. \u2014 Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"But one thing is clear: a lot of people owe an apology to the Rockets' franchise for their mockery over the team's gamble last year in preferring the Nets' unprotected picks over some of the other packages offered. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 2 June 2022",
"In response to reader Mark Sherwin\u2019s letter regarding the Savannah Bananas\u2019 innovations to keep fans interested as a mockery of the game of baseball: Quite obviously Mr. Sherwin has never been to a minor league game or heard of Bill Veeck. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022"
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"Before Ten Percent, Morton made his name in Britain writing workplace comedies, including Twenty Twelve, a mockumentary about the team organizing the 2012 London Olympics, and W1A, a gentle satire about the managerial staff of the BBC. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 30 Apr. 2022",
"In 2016, Disney pulled the plug on its ABC mockumentary , The Muppets. \u2014 Rachel Schonberger, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The mockumentary is such a familiar form, a certain sameness can set in. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Smith and Rock go back even further, having both appeared in the 1999 mockumentary , Torrance Rises, directed by Spike Jonze. \u2014 Tim Chan, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The movie is basically a Spinal Tap-style mockumentary focusing on a man's desire to become the next Jason or Freddy. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Br\u00fcno, who appeared in the 2009 mockumentary of the same name, proceeded to offend about every demographic, leading the actor to give up. \u2014 Rachel Yang, EW.com , 17 May 2021",
"The ' mockumentary ' has become a fairly normalized format for both TV and movies, but this Rob Reiner feature film about a very dumb but fairly famous fictional rock band was the OG. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022",
"On the big screen, Hesseman notably appeared in films like Flight of the Navigator, Clue, Police Academy 2, the Bill Murray comedy Loose Shoes and as the manager Terry Ladd in the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 30 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This was false advertising: the turtle was used as a lure, and only mock turtle soup was served. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Featuring more than 70 individual entries, the portal offers a wealth of information on foods ranging from lard to mock turtle soup and frozen orange juice. \u2014 Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 July 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An enchanting archway of boxwood and mock orange shrubs leads to the sunroom entry and tiled foyer. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
"Consider varieties that supply food and shelter to birds, such as sumac, elderberry, flowering currant and mock orange . \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Inside is a thicket of fragrant mock orange lighted with fireflies and ancient Moroccan lanterns. \u2014 Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful , 9 Apr. 2021",
"The Monochrome features aromas and flavors of mock orange flowers, saline and lemon curd on toast, all delivered by a high acid laser beam. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 22 Dec. 2020",
"Think of an arrangement as a gin and tonic: The base of the composition (gin) is greenery that\u2019s leafy, strong and sometimes flowering \u2014 in the Bay Area, rhododendron, azalea or Philadelphus ( mock orange ) would naturally fit the bill. \u2014 Leilani Marie Labong, SFChronicle.com , 14 May 2020",
"In the next few weeks, visitors can expect to see monkshood, delphiniums, mock orange and comfrey blooming. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 11 July 2018"
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