semblance
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It feels as though some semblance of the old Spurs is returning, although they remain unconvincing in attack with just eight goals in as many games.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Bill Essayli said he hoped the sentence “gives some semblance of healing and closure to this defendant’s victims.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
One of the biggest surprises was the casting of his son Indiana in his first film role, with the 22-year-old bearing more than a passing semblance to superstar Timothee Chalamet.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
When the slumming Ponce, who lives somewhere else and who picked up a semblance of education, tries to explain that all earthly agriculture is reliant on bees, he gets blowback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Eerie, yet oddly comforting, knowing he’s got some semblance to my brother BSS—Before Saint Sarah.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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