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liken

[lahy-kuhn] / ˈlaɪ kən /


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"I liken us to an island and it has often felt hard to imagine anyone joining that island," she said.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

Analysts are largely bullish on both companies and liken picking which one they prefer to choosing a favorite child.

From MarketWatch May 25, 2026

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

Many would later liken the pairing of Morrow and Halliday to that of Jobs and Wozniak or Lennon and McCartney.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

She likens it to being an athlete who qualifies to represent their country at the Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Toussaint likens them to one of TV’s greatest prime time soap operas: “It’s like when I was a kid, and we watched ‘Dallas.’

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

M&S likens it to the grapefruit-based Paloma cocktail and says it follows in Hugo's footsteps.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

In the documentary, Bailey likens himself and his bandmates to hired guns.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 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

James Wilson, co-host of the Srsly Risky Biz podcast, likened the attacks to an “endless amount of cyber mosquitoes,” as opposed to a “cyber Pearl Harbor.”

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

A senior councillor in one affected area warns there has been a "loss of control" of the planning system, while villagers living near one site likened its rapid construction to a "military operation".

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

He likened it to referees betting on the outcome of a basketball game.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

Founder Pony Ma earlier this year likened Tencent's previous AI efforts to a "leaky" ship, adding: "We still hope the ship can sail faster."

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

The golden one who’d likened her to an animal was the last to go, and just as he was about to step into the passage, she said in crisp, perfect Fjerdan, “What crimes?”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

A dip on Ridgecrest Road south of Elmwood Drive can obscure vehicles from sight, Dailey said, likening pulling out into the intersection to “playing an old-school Frogger game.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

“I’m not here because of some great thing I did, I’m here because God delivered me,” Paxton said, likening himself to other “not particularly perfect” biblical figures like Peter, Paul and David.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Merlin has often been called a "Shazam for birds" - likening it to Apple's app letting users identify a song playing using a phone's microphone.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The CJP, which has millions of followers on social media, emerged in May initially as a satirical response to Chief Justice Surya Kant reportedly likening young people to "cockroaches" and "parasites" during a court hearing.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

But we have set forth the theoretical reasons which prevent us from likening the living being, a system closed off by nature, to the systems which our science isolates.

From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell




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