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Josh Fryday, the Navy veteran and former small-city mayor who holds the job, hopes other states will imitate a program he sees as a next-generation GI Bill.

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2022

Coincidence or not, Shore finds it "pretty funny" that life for so many in quarantine will imitate his art in this latest role.

From Fox News • Sep. 3, 2020

The company won’t print at the museum, but children will imitate the process by drawing, painting and collaging designs onto small totes and backpacks.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2015

Children will imitate parents who model hard work, thrift, and personal advancement.

From Washington Times • May 25, 2015

The act of imitating an evil character is demoralising, just as no self-respecting person will imitate the lower animals, and so on.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir