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No one has lampooned the relentless absurdity of American life with as much Broadway dazzle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2022

Since then, the CEO has lampooned the agency and bristled at the idea that he’ll change his Twitter habits.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2018

Trailing the interview, O’Donnell said she asked Conway whether she thought Saturday Night Live, which has lampooned the adviser and her feuds with the press, had gone too far in its depictions of her.

From The Guardian • Mar. 4, 2017

The current season has lampooned trolling, our increasingly acrimonious gender divide and a protest movement that has swept Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman into the fray.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2016

Swift never afterwards missed an opportunity to ridicule Tighe, and he has lampooned that individual in several poems.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish by Scott, Temple