simile
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When Lok discovers simile, it is, poignantly, to describe his awareness that the newcomers will sweep through his world “like a fire in the forest.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ohtani was eliminated by Juan Soto in the opening round, after which he said with a simile, “It was more tiring than the regular season.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025
“The simile with the DNA is more a metaphor but in some way, there exists the connection as mentioned for solving paths.”
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2024
Mario Cuomo over the grammatical difference between a simile and metaphor.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
“But the simile does not suit us, for you are no moth, and I am not a fire.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
He describes the scene in similes and metaphors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The Nebraska-born Walz also emanates the positivity of Ted Lasso, a Kansan, minus the stuffed-down crippling depression and the barrage of folksy similes.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
His witty similes and graceful prose have arguably done more to open minds to the potential intellectual value of crime fiction than any other writing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Boras then went into one of his similes and word plays.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
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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