spitting image

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Recent Examples of spitting image Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Barron Trump is a spitting image of his father –– at least according to the Internet. Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024 And not just any movie star — Lance is the spitting image of a Hollywood icon, James Jansen. Alex Ritman, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024 And yes, apart from the berry earrings, Patagonia zip-up, and eyeglasses, Violet Affleck is the spitting image of her mother. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2024 Yasmin looks devastating, gorgeous, and sad, the spitting image of Princess Diana in her black gown. Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for spitting image
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spitting image
Noun
  • But despite the media blitz projecting images of an unrelenting nationwide sweep, so far, the deportation of migrants is well below the monthly average during the Biden administration, and there is little evidence that ICE is arresting or detaining any more people than usual.
    Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
  • All of which made the image of Clinton chasing Nazareth like a shadow so beguiling.
    Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The twins first joined forces when Taylor signed a three-year, $33 million deal prior to the 2022 season, becoming the fourth set of twins to be teammates in league history.
    Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The most concrete result of therapy has been Milena’s acknowledgment that childbirth was an agonizing experience; her slow-burning resentment of the ungrateful twins has been building ever since.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The museum will feature interactive exhibitions and life-sized replicas based on da Vinci’s drawings and sketches.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 21 Feb. 2025
  • One of her graduate students, Katherine Shark, made a replica of the Molyneux gown out of muslin which is part of the exhibit as well.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And consider this: Only two of the last 10 BAFTA winners for best film went on to win the Oscar for best picture — Nomadland in 2021 and Oppenheimer in 2024.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Conclusion Guy Bisson’s analysis paints a picture of a film industry adapting to a new normal.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This sparks a plan, which comes together at Parker’s plant daddy paradise of a house, where the plant daddy himself suggests that a wedding would be a great venue to clone Roman’s Palm Pilot.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Residing on hillside slopes and gently rolling valleys surrounding the stately medieval village of Montalcino, vineyards in the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG are home to a clone of Sangiovese known locally as Brunello, which is a diminutive of the Italian word for brown.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But the odds of RFK Jr.’s defeat are shrinking, and Cassidy’s thumbs-up may one day be remembered as the mirror image of John McCain’s thumbs-down from 2017, when that independent-minded senator doomed Trump’s efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Harris then appeared as the mirror image of Rudolph to offer advice.
    Mary Spicuzza, Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The second season of Robert and Michelle King's brilliant, surrealist portrait of life in the Age of Trump often served as a real-time reflection of everything its viewers were feeling: paranoia, rage, disorientation, fear, disbelief, and of course, derangement.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The singer-songwriter’s vivid portrait of a turbulent life.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Our 1949 and 1950 trips were duplicates of the 1948 hunt.
    Tom Stacer, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
  • This data will mitigate the ongoing Medicaid duplicate discount issues by allowing J&J to more effectively track and prevent duplicate discounts.
    Rita Numerof, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024

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