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resemble

[ri-zem-buhl] / rɪˈzɛm bəl /


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I’ll start here: I’m not sure what’s up with the red-striped home shirts—I know it’s supposed to resemble a waving U.S. flag, but all I see is a Christmas candy cane.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

These websites closely resemble legitimate ticketing and checkout platforms and can allow scammers to steal log-in credentials, personal information and credit card numbers and trick you into sending in payments.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

First, grooves that resemble “toothpick” marks don’t necessarily prove tool use.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

The spaces between the fingers resemble the triangular basins created as the crust extends.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

But the phoenix does not die, and monstrous births do not resemble their parents.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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