liken
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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
I do not now, and I did not then, liken myself to Paul.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Peter Flynn, a 54-year-old local electrician, likens Reform’s rise to the peasants’ revolt in 1381, when a group of disaffected rebels stormed the Tower of London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
M&S likens it to the grapefruit-based Paloma cocktail and says it follows in Hugo's footsteps.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Crockett likens that to the approximate weight of a baseball, “which is seen as maybe a nonstarter for mass appeal.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
He likens what the group is doing to “building a puzzle out of thousands of other puzzles, gluing it together to make a new thing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
A net woven from long grass that covers the couple during their vows, the touching of each other’s lips with salt water, and the ancient wedding song, which likens marriage to a sea voyage.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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“I was an advocate for adding Kripke to this to add an irritant we were all in love with,” says Prady, who likened him to a villain from the 1960s sci-fi series “Lost in Space.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Gildas, as Mr. Higham relates, likened post-Roman Britain to ancient Israel, exhorting his countrymen to “renew their compact with God and thereby recover His favor and, in consequence, their ancestral homeland.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, working for German television during the World Cup, likened Tah's disallowed goal to many which Premier League champions Arsenal had scored throughout the season.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
During her lunch in Tokyo, tourist Smith's wife Maya Bourdeau, 46, likened natto to "natural wine" with "that slightly different taste."
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Any science may be likened to a river,” says a Johns Hopkins biologist, Professor Carl P. Swanson.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Prior believes Snell will need at least four to five outings, likening it to a spring training buildup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Bernstein analyst Madison Rezaei initially flagged the possibility of such a risk to neoclouds in a March note, likening CoreWeave’s business model to a “situationship,” or a noncommittal romantic entanglement.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
He said estimating the value of the sapling was difficult, because of its intangible sentimental value, likening it to a piece of "stolen art".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
A fierce advocate of information control, he argued that the internet had to be tightly managed, likening new technologies to “a wild colt” that “can and must be controlled.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
If you will procure an authentic portrait of the Witch of Endor, I will do proper penance by likening my appearance thereunto.
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans
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