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Sam Konstas, the 20-year-old Bazball imitator, peaked with 60 on debut against India on Boxing Day and has not passed 25 in his other nine Test innings, so has been left out.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

The largest imitator in the United States is CicLAvia in Los Angeles, which closes different sections of streets around the city half a dozen times each year.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2024

By contrast the human nose — though able to distinguish between 1 trillion different scents — seems like a weak imitator.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2024

This nano-scale imitator is a product of a team led by Nathan Gianneschi, a professor of chemistry at Northwestern and faculty member at the university's International Institute for Nanotechnology.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

He was essentially classic in feeling and aim, but here the habit of observation we have mentioned enabled him to snatch a grace beyond the reach of a mere imitator.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various