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Example Sentences

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A police spokesman likened the break-in to the Hollywood heist film Ocean's Eleven, telling AFP news agency it was "very professionally executed".

From BBC

Brothers has always likened the Hotel Cafe in that era to “‘Cheers’ with guitars,” where he could show up any night and a dozen of his closest friends would be there.

From Los Angeles Times

Jefferies likens quantum’s capabilities to trying to find the answer to a question in a library.

From Barron's

I liken them to upside-down waterfalls, accelerating the descent until they hit rocks.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ridgwell likens the process to a household cooling system working too hard.

From Science Daily