metaphor
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But as Riley considers how far he’s come these past five years and how far USC has come in the meantime, the metaphor is just as meaningful to USC’s coach as the cityscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
She said the cartwheel becomes a metaphor throughout the show.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
While she likely intended the lyric to be empowering, instead it feels more like a metaphor for her apparent physical fragility.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
I also am not losing any sleep over Pirro’s employment status, and I’ve always believed that the pool story is—as my colleague Christina Cauterucci explained—useful more as a metaphor than as a policy issue.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
“You would. Big white whale is a metaphor for everything. You live for pretentious metaphors.”
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
Who can’t learn from the life lessons soccer offers — and I’m not talking about the obvious geopolitical metaphors?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Perhaps you can see how the metaphors between the backrooms and the internet itself multiply from here: Like the backrooms, one can lose oneself forever in the internet.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
Sound may also generate meaning, according to one theory, through nonverbal metaphors, “as a way of seeing and hearing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
One of President Donald Trump's favorite metaphors is that he's got the cards -- that through the might of the United States and his own acumen he can overpower any adversary.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
“No. You have to learn how to express your thoughts without any metaphors or flowery words,” she mumbles.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
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