be akin
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I wrote that explaining terminal lucidity through an unknown brain capability “would be akin to finding a way that blood can circulate when the heart stops pumping.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
If they can, then it may well be akin to the teacher grabbing the spoiled kid before he’s able to re-enter the classroom and stomp the Lego village into garbage.
From Salon • Aug. 15, 2024
Times columnist Bill Plaschke agreed, saying — in L.A. circles — the portrayal would be akin to mocking Sandy Koufax, ridiculing John Wooden or trashing Vin Scully.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2024
And the novelist Richard Ford once made it clear that questioning Ms. Munro’s mastery over the short story would be akin to doubting the hardness of a diamond or the bouquet of a ripened peach.
From New York Times • May 14, 2024
The eyelashes and bristles round the mouth found in many birds appear to be akin to filoplumes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
