resemble
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Chinese traders have a history of betting on companies whose names resemble the animal representing the coming lunar year.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
Viewed across time, the resulting shape would resemble a pair of trousers, with one upper section dividing into two "legs."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
As the Reader’s obsession deepens, her confidant’s observations begin to resemble clinical notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Stars are not perfectly stable objects, and changes in their activity can produce signals that resemble those created by orbiting planets.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
When her hair is down, our family says we resemble each other, but I can’t see it, even though we share the same dark eyebrows and full lips.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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One mathematical solution closely resembles the standard model of cosmology.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
If you wanted an immediate comparison in the Premier League to a coach who resembles Pochettino's ideas in possession, it would be worth looking at Liverpool's Andoni Iraola, who similarly cites Bielsa as his reference.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Described in the catalog as a “hanging, nine-lobed, single-layered continuous form,” made of a skein of finely looped copper and nickel wire, it resembles so many baskets hanging from a chain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
A larger structure measuring roughly 40 metres by 20 metres resembles a retractable aircraft maintenance hangar.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
I look at her to see if she’s teasing me, but there is something that resembles admiration in her eyes.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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Both inquiries ended up turning on a question I hadn’t initially thought to ask: whether the cases everyone talked about resembled the ones nobody mentioned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Meanwhile, AI-powered investigations company TRM Labs said that several elements of the attack resembled earlier North Korean-linked incidents, including the Bybit hack.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Heikes told the paper he was recruited by a Midwesterner who he did not think resembled a photo of Kurtz.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Its nearly circular outline, elevated central peak, and surrounding rings of faults resembled structures found at other impact sites.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
He had a sense of humor to match his ears, and when he grew truly old he somehow resembled George Burns.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Those with activity patterns resembling super agers were more likely to maintain their cognitive abilities and avoid these outcomes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
The 16th-century jurist Cujas of Valence bought a large device resembling a mill wheel, which allowed him to browse some 70 open volumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
The researchers used either sugar water or a liquid resembling a milkshake.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
There’s even one resembling a glistening rainbow Nerds Gummy Cluster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Even today I cannot muster anything resembling anger for Bunny.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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