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Recent Examples of doppelgänger But Diane arrives in the show with obvious bitterness about Cooper, and eventually — in one of the show's most intense scenes — reveals that years ago she had been raped by Cooper's dark doppelganger (also played by MacLachlan). Christian Holub, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025 Feel like driving an electric hypercar today, and its gasoline doppelganger tomorrow? IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2024 But don’t expect a visual dead ringer to drive differently than its doppelganger—Osprey has not extinguished the unique character and driving dynamics of the classic Land Rover. Michael Harley, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 The promo released earlier this week featured a slew of Chalamet doppelgangers, dressed up in his various roles like Bob Dylan and Willy Wonka, but arguably the most recognizable lookalike was nowhere to be seen. Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025 Twenty-one-year-old Miles Mitchell won the lookalike contest in October — which took a turn when, not only did Chalamet arrive, but so did the NYPD, leaving one of the doppelgangers in handcuffs. Watch the full promo below. Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025 The dogs who served as muses for the float's talented creators got to visit their floral doppelgangers before the float's maiden voyage on Jan. 1. Kelli Bender, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025 One of the doppelgangers even chooses the name William as a Riker tribute. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025 Bonus shocking points for ending the episode with Buck and Tommy breaking up and Ryan Guzman's Eddie (still reeling after dating his dead wife's doppelganger) doing full Risky Business cosplay. EW.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doppelgänger
Noun
  • He and Amal, 47, share twins, Ella and Alexander, 7.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Just a short hike from the parking area, this rock art features several figures, including twins.
    Maya Silver, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While Doherty's image wasn't included in the broadcast, she is included in the official In Memoriam database on The Academy's website.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
  • What Makary decides to do will go a long way in determining the extent to which Kennedy is able to remake American health in his image.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Zara and Eugenie, who turns 35 later this month, sported coordinating outfits with burgundy hues for the fashionable day out and posed together for a picture.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • In Room 15, for example, Matisse’s Red Madras Headdress (1907) is flanked by (among other things) a pair of watery landscapes, a pair of fans, a pair of soup ladles, and a pair of pictures, each showing a woman and a dog (one of them from the hand of William Glackens’s daughter, age 9).
    Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • He's got a little sidekick over there named Mark Paoletta who is one of the people in the portrait with Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo and Clarence Thomas.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Enter the boardroom and there is a framed portrait of Arend on the left-hand wall.
    Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Research shows that Black women are 50% less likely to be diagnosed with the condition than their white counterparts.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The Institute’s Democratic counterpart, the National Democratic Institute, faces a similar challenge.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025

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“Doppelgänger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doppelg%C3%A4nger. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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