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mocks

  • present tense form of mock (3rd person singular).

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In a chapter titled “The War of the Gods and Demons,” Chesterton mocks the idea that soldiers in a war fight for “abstract” economic or geopolitical advantages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

In fact, Anthropic, which is behind the Claude AI chatbot, indirectly mocks OpenAI’s ChatGPT in its ad.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

She identifies herself as a U.S. citizen and lightly mocks Ross for filming their license plates.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2026

"It cruelly mocks the suffering of people who risk everything to flee war, persecution, and hardship in search of safety," he said.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

But he’s also disturbed by it; it mocks you, he writes.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day