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[lahyk] / laɪk /




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Some, like Myreader, let users upload any book, whether or not it's under copyright, and then connect it to an AI interface.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

The company pays tickets for its illegally parked cars like any other driver.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

"But younger sharks like to be in warmer waters, and so we're seeing sharks closer to shore."

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

We were like, 'Wow, how did they get him?'

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

“Seems like I ought to help. Become a land rush man. Set aside my guns. California and the Pacific Ocean aren’t going anywhere.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Hayes explained that this type of segmentation could be used to develop tailored products that account for the specific "sour liker" taste profile.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2024

But I was a very active liker of “A Ghost Story,” which, as with “The Green Knight,” seems to unfold in some eerie netherworld between life and death.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2021

Only once did I go on a date with a sarcasm liker — she included it to warn people she’s found who get offended, especially in the Midwest.

From Washington Post Nov. 8, 2018

He’s not doing anything inappropriate or otherwise creepy, and he’s not sending you inappropriate messages—he’s just an inveterate liker.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2016

The world was growing liker our own in those days though the climate was still austere.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Mercy, Shakespeare wrote, "Earthly power doth then show likest God's/ When mercy seasons justice."

From Time Jan. 17, 2012

Why then do we not recognize this the chief homogenic substance of the earth, likest of substances to its inner nature and closest allied to its very marrow?

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William

The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Nature is always mysterious and secret in the use of her means; and art is always likest her when it is most inexplicable.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John

From his eyes gleams “a luster unlovely, likest to fire.”

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)

With the likes of the United States, China and major European nations not part of the Commonwealths, some athletes favour other, more competitive events.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

“If Trump’s public pronouncements are his own personal property, he can sell information about them or do whatever he likes with them,” observes business law expert Ann Lipton of the University of Colorado.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

In 2025, models made by the likes of Google and OpenAI reached gold-level scores for the first time -- but could not match the abilities of five human contestants who got 100 percent.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Whether it will be forever ranked against the likes of General Motors and Toyota remains to be seen.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

“But Boo likes being with me,” I say.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Padilla, who describes himself as a natural introvert, says he liked the Lakehouse session on networking, something the firm says will be even more important for younger employees.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

We liked working together, and he saw that we had a similar wavelength, and he just kind of tossed it up, like, ‘Hey, how would you feel about scoring a feature?’

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

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From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

He could conceivably do whatever he liked, go in whichever direction he pleased.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

I didn’t want Traveler to think I liked Oliver—not in the way I liked Traveler.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Kennedy ended up liking the look more than the open-air setup they had planned.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Unofficial poll time: How are you liking the World Cup now?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Don’t skip dessert, either, and if you’re a coffee drinker, order the Lao coffee, served with condensed milk and a sugar cube on the side so you can customize the sweetness to your liking.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

Olsen: You know, it’s funny, I find as we’re in sort of like post-peak TV, I definitely find that I’m liking my TV to just feel like TV.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

But I never stopped liking a warm bath.

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli




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