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“I would liken the trading and modeling to the striker, or the guy who kicks the ball in the goal at the end of the play,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Some researchers liken the mind to a snow globe: the drugs temporarily disrupt established thought patterns, allowing thoughts and feelings to settle differently and providing new perspectives on past experiences.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 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

But he was outperformed citywide, leaving Palisades voters with a choice some liken to picking the lesser of two evils: Mayor Karen Bass or Councilmember Nithya Raman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Dangerfield likens the four to musical superheroes from a Marvel series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 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

He likens eyelids to "a pair of curtains".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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

The filmmaker likened the project to a small football team going on a cup run, saying it "brought people together in the story".

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

But after the great actor took a pass, director Rouben Mamoulian set his sights on one he preferred, Fredric March, a rising star many likened to a young Barrymore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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

Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf, seated on the sidelines, likened the next game, the sixth, to a Mozart symphony.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel says the biotech’s competitive edge stems from its mRNA platform, likening it to software in Big Tech.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Some may take issue with likening Oprah Winfrey to J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

“These promises are extremely, exquisitely hard to enforce,” said Alvaro Bedoya, an antitrust lawyer who served on the Federal Trade Commission during the Biden administration, likening Paramount’s concessions to a pinkie promise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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

After James ascended the throne of England he meted out ample measure to his countrymen, likening himself to Joseph, who, being raised to power, forgot not his brethren.

From The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts by Charles S. Bentley