metaphor
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That title is something of a metaphor, about connecting to a deep, abiding spirituality accessible to us all.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
How did you land on Andy Warhol as a celebrity figure and metaphor to use in telling this story about Kai and Juniper?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The royals are depicted as the type of children who come round, break your toys and then disappear, in what might be an extended metaphor for how he saw Diana's story.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Mr. Guimarães makes a metaphor of the importance of individual rights with his first bit of sleight of hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Or maybe it’s just some metaphor I’m not totally getting.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
The upshot is the worlds-collide awkwardness of today’s AI moment, which—I nevertheless predict—will rapidly clarify itself as our metaphors become less sloppy and the punditry actually begins to learn what it’s talking about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Amid the many animal metaphors that invariably occupy reactions to my predictions, a dominant theme are dogs and crows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
And I wasn’t entirely thrilled with “Backrooms” getting lost in the maze of its metaphors, either.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Ads feature Leon guiding chief executives across mountains and rivers that double as metaphors for the risks posed by AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Those whose fables and metaphors, whose similes, and soliloquies, whose diction and je ne sais quoi daily slip into your survival soup, by way of their fingers.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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