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like

[lahyk] / laɪk /




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Anthropic has new business lines like Claude Legal and Claude Security competing with their own customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

The honour of representing Wales is important to her as Finucane normally competes for Great Britain in major events like the Olympics and world championships.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Moves like that make it easy to comprehend that his ill-fated meanders could have been avoided if he’d followed the same directions that got everyone else home sooner.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

“That solution includes important security and risk-management functionality, which is top of mind for executives given the capabilities of new AI models like Mythos,” he noted.

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 2026

Barnum shows his "mermaid" alongside real exotic animals like orangutans and grizzly bears.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Hayes explained that this type of segmentation could be used to develop tailored products that account for the specific "sour liker" taste profile.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2024

Mary Jo is a decisive and unafraid liker of what she likes, and disliker of what she does not.

From Washington Post Jun. 28, 2022

But I was a very active liker of “A Ghost Story,” which, as with “The Green Knight,” seems to unfold in some eerie netherworld between life and death.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2021

He’s not doing anything inappropriate or otherwise creepy, and he’s not sending you inappropriate messages—he’s just an inveterate liker.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2016

Were I in London, I should be the liker Tantalus—no more.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Mercy, Shakespeare wrote, "Earthly power doth then show likest God's/ When mercy seasons justice."

From Time Jan. 17, 2012

I look back with something which is akin to pity on the vain child who thought fine clothes and array the likest to enhance the fair face and form which maybe God has given me.

From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma

First, common, and mutuall necessity of one another; and therefore naturally in our defence and subventions we first flie to our selves; next, to that which is likest, other men.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by Donne, John

So be pleased at once to betake thyself to thy own domain, or anywhere thou likest, so that thou cross my path no more.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

He takes to Drama, because it's the noblest and truest form of Poetry, the likest the mind of man.

From A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy by Spalding, William

He likes to get heavily involved and was particularly animated, using phrases like "play in possession" and "quicker, quicker" repeatedly.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

And that’s exactly how the Border Patrol likes it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Materne likes the stock because it has an intriguing AI narrative and some technical momentum.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

He said he finds “Spidey” more challenging to watch than other shows Linnéa likes because it can feel like a toy commercial.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

She likes to add little charms to the devices; she calls it hearing with style.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Voters would have to decide whether they liked those things and wanted to throw those people out of power.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

One ex-house flipper said he’d experimented with 50 AI-generated business ideas before landing on one he liked.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Listen, I don’t know anyone who liked Holden Caulfield the first time they read the book, probably because he is not supposed to be particularly likable; Salinger wrote the book for adults, not teens.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

Where he once liked to hit the clubs, Araki now mostly stays home with his boyfriend of some 14 years and two small dogs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

“I liked hearing it. Pa is the only name I’ve had for my father.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

I’d probably meet up with a friend and go to the Silverlake Flea Market, which I’ve been really liking recently.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Bake for another 7 to 10 minutes, until the egg whites are set and the yolks are cooked to your liking.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Unofficial poll time: How are you liking the World Cup now?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

The Emmy-winning journalist said she suspected early on that Jeff Fager, the “60 Minutes” executive producer at the time, didn’t take a liking to her.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

Washington took an immediate liking to Lafayette, who looked upon Washington as the father he never knew.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen




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