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One of the main challenges Tranter faced was emulating the popular songs from the original film, which incorporated sounds from different decades.

From Reuters • May 31, 2023

“My parents created a Mexican market on wheels, so I was emulating that practice,” the artist said.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2023

“When she celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, she was emulating her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, who had also celebrated” the 60-year milestone, he added.

From Washington Times • Apr. 20, 2022

In becoming a businesswoman, Merrill was emulating her mother, who in the 1920s had helped build her late father’s cereal business into the giant General Foods Corp.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2017

In most respects they behaved entirely alike, and the one point of difference was that the descendant of Augustus was emulating zither-players, whereas the freedman of Claudius was emulating Caesars.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster by Foster, Herbert Baldwin