Sentence examples for spoof as from inspiring English sources

The phrase 'spoof as' is not a correct form of written English.
If you want to express the idea of mimicking or imitating someone or something, you can say "spoof" or "parody". For example, "The comedian did a clever spoof of a famous movie scene".

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"I have no idea about Twitter," Allardyce responds until he is persuaded to see the spoof as a back-handed compliment.

But otherwise, while Wolfmother were a hoot when they were a spoof, as a (gulp) serious rock band, they're not nearly as much fun.

Streep almost single-handedly ended the era of the free-floating spoof, as she ushered in the kind of nuanced psychological and historical narratives that would define the American film industry from the seventies on.

Enfield plays Gregg Wallace in an extended Masterchef parody, and, more daringly, as HM The Queen in an imagined genealogical documentary Who Does One Think One Is? Syal gets a cop-show spoof as a detective whose interrogation technique is based on the scolding nosiness of a stereotypical Indian mother, and both Whitehall and Smith play contestants in sendups of TV relationship shows.

Update: Long Zheng notes that this video is the real deal (not a spoof) as Kevin Turner, Microsoft's Chief Operating Officer makes an appearance.

Meanwhile, the sheer visual drama and excitement of Fuller's geodesic domes have been celebrated in popular culture, in the 1967 James Bond movie, You Only Live Twice, and as a spoof as the headquarters of Dr Evil in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

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For instance, few public figures have been spoofed as vigorously as Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Moreover the authentication mechanism of the CBA protocol identifies and blocks the spoofed as well as the zombie requests.

Most common concerns include abuse of biometric data (e.g., intrusion by creating physical spoofs) as well as permanent tracking and observation of activities (e.g., function creep by cross-matching).

The North Korean regime was directly spoofed as well.

It led to several spoof campaigns, as well as the odd car accident.The media specialists are still struggling to secure the collaboration of creatives, who think they are guardians of the brand.

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