resemble
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Prof Ramesh says a CME occurs when these twisting, looping lines - which resemble braided hair - rupture, throwing out massive clouds of magnetised plasma and gas in space.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Using modelling simulations, they determined the most likely scenario was that the object is powered by a central black hole surrounded by a cocoon of gas that makes it resemble a star.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The structures repeatedly develop swirling motions that resemble ocean waves as they begin to break.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The Mariners hoped that when he returned, he’d resemble the 2025 version of Raleigh—or at the very least, the 2024 version.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
We both love hamentaschen, triangle-shaped cookies that are supposed to resemble Haman’s hat.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
My coffee table is made of aluminum and resembles barbed wire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
In the lion-shaped appearance of the nebula, this stellar remnant resembles a small button nose.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
It could go on sale before the close of this decade and resembles the current two-door Mustang, one of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Leroy Taylor, 52, resembles “Tiger Woods’ daddy,” as a friend always jokes.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
I recall too well the stench of this affliction; it resembles no other smell.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
The S&P 500 has recently resembled the way it looked five years ago, when investors started to play it safer, according to Morgan Stanley.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The simulated gas moved and condensed in ways that closely resembled the observed system.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
DHS said last Thursday the stop was initiated because they saw "a white van with an individual who resembled the target" of an operation.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
They designed new dry flies—different from wet flies in that they float on water—that more closely resembled local insect life and performed better on the region’s fast-moving rivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The room was an old, damp lecture hall buried in the innards of the college; it resembled a dreary accountant’s chamber in a Dickens novel.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The judge later told them he "rejected the contention" that the teenagers had shown "anything resembling remorse".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Through a telescope, the planet will look almost half illuminated, resembling a miniature lunar phase.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
But the longer we spend time at Arioka, the more that paradise starts resembling a prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Vienna's heurigers range from a few tables set up in the open air to grander affairs resembling restaurants.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
One side proposes that Monte Alban formed because maize agriculture allowed the Oaxaca Valley’s population to grow so much that the rural villages naturally clustered into something resembling cities.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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