resemble
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The privileges of the English eccentric resemble those of the fool in the medieval court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
When sent a list of questions about the devices, which resemble thick work gloves, Compliant Technologies declined to comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Japan's response to AI is beginning to resemble one of the country's slow-moving, traditional Noh plays.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Using modelling simulations, they determined the most likely scenario was that the object is powered by a central black hole surrounded by a cocoon of gas that makes it resemble a star.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Was it right that the wicked count should so completely resemble the handsome prince, or that both should resemble Arabella’s father and the vicar?
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
My coffee table is made of aluminum and resembles barbed wire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
In the lion-shaped appearance of the nebula, this stellar remnant resembles a small button nose.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Leroy Taylor, 52, resembles “Tiger Woods’ daddy,” as a friend always jokes.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
A fictional game that somewhat resembles Parcheesi but with more strategic elements, Seven is played on a spiral board that is traditionally carved on a circular wooden box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“I can show you a drawing of a creature that quite resembles you, and beneath the drawing it states emphatically that you are a polar bear.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
As the zebrafish grew older, they developed spinal abnormalities that closely resembled disc disease in people.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The S&P 500 has recently resembled the way it looked five years ago, when investors started to play it safer, according to Morgan Stanley.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
To investigate that possibility, the researchers created cellular experiments that resembled the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Previously, the Department of Homeland Security said the traffic stop had occurred after officers “observed a white van with an individual who resembled the target.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
I felt the most akin to her because I resembled her more than I did my mother.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
The judge later told them he "rejected the contention" that the teenagers had shown "anything resembling remorse".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
My stomach was in knots as I pictured myself clad in a lemon chiffon dress looking like a dollop of meringue, doing the Viennese waltz — something resembling a Centrum Silver commercial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Through a telescope, the planet will look almost half illuminated, resembling a miniature lunar phase.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Vienna's heurigers range from a few tables set up in the open air to grander affairs resembling restaurants.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Even today I cannot muster anything resembling anger for Bunny.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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