likening

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Musk, who lived in California for decades, himself moved out of the state in late 2020, likening it to a sports team with a long winning streak that had grown “complacent” and “entitled.”

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

But Molyneux is firm in his belief that recent advances in AI are as comparable to huge technological shifts of the past, likening it to the industrial revolution in Britain.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Hawley embraces “wonderful peacock” 1850s menswear shapes: Victor’s puffed-out chest accentuates the “wasp waist” likening him to a matador.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

We are told of his riding an elephant with Michelangelo Antonioni, and his likening of Andrei Tarkovsky to a younger brother.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Several Greek poets give us the same association, likening the stars to "rock-pigeons, flying from the Hunter Orion."

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)