liken

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This "is what replacing looks like," added Polanski, a charismatic figurehead some liken to New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and who only took charge of the Greens last September.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Experts and activists liken it to searching for a snowball in a blizzard.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

“You can liken them to the next generation of the Boeings and the Northrup Grummans,” he said of new aerospace companies in town.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

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

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson