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[lahy-kuhn] / ˈlaɪ kən /


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While it would be terrific to liken her fate to that of Deborah Vance on “Hacks,” at least Jean Smart’s diva got a Vegas rebirth.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Some call it maintaining a standard dating back to 1487; others liken it to a cartel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Those who know Jaissle best even liken the difference between his on and off the field persona to Jekyll and Hyde.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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

Other commentators liken the prison label to “the mark of Cain” and characterize the perpetual nature of the sanction as “internal exile.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Researchers hope the databases created using the digitised text -- which he likens to a kind of "huge Facebook of the past" -- could help bring to light links between people, places and ideas.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Our call of the day comes from the investor known as the bond king, Jeffrey Gundlach, who likens stock markets to a hollow tree that’s about to break.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Hal likens Soldiers & Sailors to Dante’s Inferno, a place where souls are damned to eternally relive their most terrible experiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Bandopadhyay likens a low-mass star to a fluffy meringue.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 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

People who knew the artist from one world didn’t necessarily know about the other — a divide that Gray’s wife, artist Kyungmi Shin, likened to the separation between church and state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

A top chipmaker’s chief executive likened some AI investors’ behavior to gambling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Kumuls stalwart Lachlan Lam - forced to miss this World Cup because he needs wrist surgery - likened the atmosphere to "a proper scream".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The other was Broadcom CEO Hock Tan, who likened many AI investors to casino gamblers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Myelin is often likened to the plastic coating around electrical wires—it insulates the neural circuits, making them about a hundred times faster than unmyelinated circuits.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

Some may take issue with likening Oprah Winfrey to J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Obama, of course, isn’t a ghost, and he has been talking up some of the same candidates others are likening to him.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

But the OECD's report said countries were allowing the rapid spread of AI without evidence of its impact, likening it to rolling out an untested vaccine on children.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Bessent dubbed the initiative Economic D-Day, likening the effort to the World War II campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Poets had made verses in her honor, likening her to Hebe and Aphrodite.

From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Robert H. Fuller


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