metaphor
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In his short story “Intimacy,” Raymond Carver uses the metaphor of “dead leaves” to describe the unresolved wounds between the narrator and his ex-wife.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Nevertheless, the wormhole metaphor flourished in popular culture and speculative theoretical physics.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
It is plausible, if a bit insular—and maybe, as a character says, “even the metaphor of the Emporium might itself be a metaphor.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The metaphor worked because Fourth Amendment law still relies heavily on physical intuition.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
“You would. Big white whale is a metaphor for everything. You live for pretentious metaphors.”
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing metaphor
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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