liken
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With the Southern flavor you bring to comedy, I kind of liken it to hip-hop, when it comes to the regional styles of different comics.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 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
The company’s critics liken the environment to a casino, but its fans credit Robinhood with democratizing the lucrative world of sophisticated investments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
Unfortunately, I went on to liken Francis’ way of thinking to Pauling’s.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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