liken
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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
Out of magnanimity, I’ll liken this trifle to a Rothko.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 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
Unfortunately, I went on to liken Francis’ way of thinking to Pauling’s.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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Bandopadhyay likens a low-mass star to a fluffy meringue.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
She likens it to the warm spaces opened during the pandemic for people who couldn't afford to heat their homes.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
He likens Tilly to Pixar’s computer-animated characters — another technological leap that initially met resistance before becoming accepted as a legitimate form of screen performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 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
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
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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
He likened it to referees betting on the outcome of a basketball game.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink likened the current moment in financing of AI “compute” to the beginning of his career, when banks and investment firms pioneered the mortgage-backed securities market in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
Depression has been likened to both a black cloud and a black dog.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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Bessent dubbed the initiative Economic D-Day, likening the effort to the World War II campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
His mother returned to her grievance: "You to be likening yourself to Charlie."
From The Wishing Moon by Louise Elizabeth Dutton
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