metaphor
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Maybe it’s a metaphor, but more likely, it is just a song about her underwear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
That conceit ended up an unsubtle but no less effective metaphor for our new Gilded Age.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
The Peter Heller novel that provided the film’s source was written pre-Covid-19, yet the movie functions as a wry metaphor for how the virus made people crazy in discernibly different ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
It’s humorous in the moment, but it’s also a succinct, pointed metaphor for the rapid desensitization we’ve all experienced through the internet.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
By the summer of 2006 Greg Lippmann had a new metaphor in his head: a tug-of-war.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
"Game changer" is the i Paper's verdict as "Europe tackles Infantino" – continuing with the football metaphors.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Who can’t learn from the life lessons soccer offers — and I’m not talking about the obvious geopolitical metaphors?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Mr. Graham-Dixon has written a fine guide to Vermeer’s territory, but without a sure theological map, there are no narrative shortcuts between Vermeer’s motives and his metaphors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
As horror metaphors go, this malediction is one we know all too well.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
Champollion resisted the idea of hieroglyphs as pictorial metaphors.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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