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Some visitors liken the landscape to the Scottish highlands, despite its tropical climate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Siskel and Ebert wannabes Rob Pelinka and JJ Redick of the Lakers liken themselves to iconic film protagonists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

While it would be terrific to liken her fate to that of Deborah Vance on “Hacks,” at least Jean Smart’s diva got a Vegas rebirth.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

"I liken us to an island and it has often felt hard to imagine anyone joining that island," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

Unfortunately, I went on to liken Francis’ way of thinking to Pauling’s.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

He likens his college, among the smallest in America, to “the Little Engine That Could, carrying the freight of our neglected culture in its few little cars.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Kyle Cubr, the Music Box’s senior operations manager and assistant general manager, likens the excitement to mischief.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Researchers hope the databases created using the digitised text -- which he likens to a kind of "huge Facebook of the past" -- could help bring to light links between people, places and ideas.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Our call of the day comes from the investor known as the bond king, Jeffrey Gundlach, who likens stock markets to a hollow tree that’s about to break.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

He likens himself to “a simple worshipper of the eternal Buddha,” he tells both Theo and Gauguin.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Decades ago, retirement planning was likened to a “three-legged stool”: one leg represented a pension, another leg represented Social Security and the last stood for the individual’s own personal savings and investments.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Khalil's ordeal also exposed him to conditions in a Louisiana jail he likened to torture, describing constant fluorescent light, cold, and poor food.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The filmmaker likened “You Can See Everything” to an observational vérité movie, one of the oldest forms of documentary filmmaking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

A top chipmaker’s chief executive likened some AI investors’ behavior to gambling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The tune has often been compared to the spiritual ‘Deep River’, while another of the symphony’s melodies has been likened to ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Barrack said the war launched by the U.S. and Israel in late February brought unexpected consequences, likening the Middle East to a Rubik’s Cube whereby a single move can change the whole picture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Tech firms took a hammering on Tuesday amid concerns about China's progress in developing AI chips and following comments by Broadcom's boss likening the AI buying frenzy to gambling.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Obama, of course, isn’t a ghost, and he has been talking up some of the same candidates others are likening to him.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

“I’m not here because of some great thing I did, I’m here because God delivered me,” Paxton said, likening himself to other “not particularly perfect” biblical figures like Peter, Paul and David.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

The whole saloon–no; Bicker, the man about town, refused his with a criticism, likening them to plasticine.

From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Edmund Blunden