metaphor
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It’s an apt metaphor for Europe’s mental condition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
That conceit ended up an unsubtle but no less effective metaphor for our new Gilded Age.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
It would have been a fitting metaphor for an awful afternoon for the Old Trafford hosts.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
But as Riley considers how far he’s come these past five years and how far USC has come in the meantime, the metaphor is just as meaningful to USC’s coach as the cityscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
There beside the hulk of the ruined car, countless miles from anywhere, Pollard was standing in a metaphor for his own life.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
And I wasn’t entirely thrilled with “Backrooms” getting lost in the maze of its metaphors, either.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
"Game changer" is the i Paper's verdict as "Europe tackles Infantino" – continuing with the football metaphors.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Arnold uses different metaphors to describe his feelings about what lies between him and brother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Thinking at cosmic and subatomic scales requires plenty of math—or some visual metaphors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
“Do you always speak in metaphors, Mister Brekker?”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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