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“This thing was sprawling and big, but it was a hell of a story,” said Kirk, likening the project to the Michael Cimino epic “Heaven’s Gate.”

The actor and model, previously married to actor Charlie Sheen, discussed her challenging journey this week on the “Hollywood Raw” podcast, likening her sobriety to a badge of honor.

Ahead of her first performance at the BBC Proms, the actor explained that in exploring the mundanities of the composer's life and likening them to her own, he becomes less intimidating as a figure.

From BBC

Other evidence included a mother, whose son was being treated for cancer on a children's ward, likening the hospital environment to "a third world country".

From BBC

The attorney continued by likening the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection to the "culmination of a certification dispute," before explicating the domino effect theory of the GOP's efforts to hinder the democratic electoral process.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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