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Recent Examples of parroting
Signing that document would make us stenographers parroting press releases, not watchdogs holding government officials accountable.
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Tom Bowman, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
There’s a percentage of American influencers who are paid by foreign countries to push propaganda on social media, and Ted Cruz is parroting their talking points.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
On Vought News, Cate is still parroting the story that she was assaulted by Starlighters and Jordan is lying for likes.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement This means that AI chatbots are prone to parroting narratives spread by Russian disinformation networks, NewsGuard claims.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Consistent avoidance of risk, parroting leadership views without critique and silencing ideas or opinions are all signs of SQM dominance.
—Venkat Rao, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Newsom’s press office wrote in an X post parroting the president’s all-caps posting style.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Tom Bowman, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
There’s a percentage of American influencers who are paid by foreign countries to push propaganda on social media, and Ted Cruz is parroting their talking points.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
On Vought News, Cate is still parroting the story that she was assaulted by Starlighters and Jordan is lying for likes.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement This means that AI chatbots are prone to parroting narratives spread by Russian disinformation networks, NewsGuard claims.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Consistent avoidance of risk, parroting leadership views without critique and silencing ideas or opinions are all signs of SQM dominance.
—Venkat Rao, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Newsom’s press office wrote in an X post parroting the president’s all-caps posting style.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parroting
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After all, even repeating the consensus of the time is far from a surefire way of looking clever in 25 years, because various elements of the sport where there was a broad agreement about the direction of travel have proved misguided.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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If there is a 2025 championship story to be told in retrospect, the NLDS against the Philadelphia Phillies might play the same role as the NLDS triumph over the Padres – this might prove to be the Dodgers’ biggest hurdle on the road to repeating as World Series champions.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
10 Oct. 2025
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The tassel detail adds softness and a classic detail, while echoing the warm white wall color.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Oct. 2025
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If the key is taken to be some primordial tradition, echoing faintly across world literature after tens of millennia, any effort to pin it down looks hopeless.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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In August, the Administration was accused of quoting a white supremacists in a DHS post for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recruiting.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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Soon after his arrival, Johnson posted an X message quoting Bukele.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Parroting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parroting. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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