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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
parrot .
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Examples
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During the health care debate in congress, more than a dozen US lawmakers all parrotted talking points scripted for them by lobbyists working for biotech/drug giant Genentech.
Boing Boing 2009
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What was particularly tiresome was that Nick Robinson actually parrotted this 'why not get a senior copper or terror victim' last night on the news!
Luke Akehurst - "firmly on the moderate wing of the (Labour) party" Not a sheep 2008
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What was particularly tiresome was that Nick Robinson actually parrotted this 'why not get a senior copper or terror victim' last night on the news!
Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008
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How does that sit with the ‘privacy of the individual and human rights’, parrotted by PCers?
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Re: From Kissinger's viewpoint, somewhat parrotted by Cheney now, retreating from Vietnam and showing weakness the U.S. would make itself more vulnerable to the Soviets.
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How does that sit with the ‘privacy of the individual and human rights’, parrotted by PCers?
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Here's how I understand the Clinton rules, as parrotted back by the spineless MSM:
Hillary: Obama Camp Tells Americans One Thing, Foreigners Another 2009
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From Kissinger's viewpoint, somewhat parrotted by Cheney now, retreating from Vietnam and showing weakness the U.S. would make itself more vulnerable to the Soviets.
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It was over a non-issue, for someone in a volunteer job - Parks' veews were parrotted by David Zahniser in the Times, by the way, as usual.
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Coulter parrotted the question to Edwards, who immediately responded that when Coulter talked about the death of her son, she had just as much a right to be offended and handle the situation herself.
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