Example Sentences

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Last October, he secretly appeared at his own lookalike competition in New York City, stunning his doppelgangers.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2025

As an antidote to the intensity inside the courtroom, amateur puppeteers turned up with doppelgangers of the defendant early on the morning of May 9.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024

An 18-year-old who crocheted the cast of Strictly Come Dancing has given her woolly doll doppelgangers to their real life inspirations.

From BBC • May 25, 2023

It's worth noting that Peele's sophomore feature "Us," a scary story about menacing doppelgangers, enjoyed an especially huge opening weekend because it followed the runaway success of the Oscar-winning "Get Out."

From Reuters • Jul. 24, 2022

He watched as his six doppelgangers rummaged in the sacks, pulling out sets of clothes, putting on glasses, stuffing their own things away.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling