metaphor
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The unpleasant market metaphor refers to the idea that even a lifeless feline when dropped from a height may initially ricochet off the ground.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
There’s one other big clue that this is all just a huge metaphor for the internet, and that has to do with the company in the film, Async.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
Mundillo, the Puerto Rican craft of weaving intricately patterned lace, becomes for her a metaphor for networks of interconnectivity, be it, she writes in her program note, climate justice or social dreaming.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
They hover with a calculated theatricality: “Hat Rack” drops like a predatory spider; the shovels’ metal scoops are poised like guillotine blades; and “Bottle Rack” dives like a missile—an apt metaphor for their impact.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
The car alarm is not a metaphor, but just an unrehearsed annoyance.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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