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Their new captain, Andy Burnham, is of towering ambition, claiming he will personify "the most significant change" in our politics in 40 years.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

In his studied inscrutability Warsh was emulating his role model and the man who came to personify what it means to be a central banker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

They personify intangibles that sabermetrics can never quantify and that fans yearn to encounter: Hope.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024

Shows like Auction Hunters, Storage Hunters, and Storage Wars began to personify the old saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”—except with objects of value, monetary or sentimental, on the line.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024

It was an even more obvious metaphor for Christians, as it was easy to think of God as a legislator imposing laws on nature and to personify nature as obeying him.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

A good story requires characters, and Mr. Kukushkin personifies atoms, chemicals, even entire biological kingdoms, using whimsical drama to illustrate fundamental principles of biochemistry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

In his maqāma, Ibn al-Wardi personifies the plague as a mischievous wanderer who brings death to one region after another over a 15-year journey.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025

“The shadow personifies everything that the subject refuses to acknowledge about himself,” Jung wrote.

From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025

I ask her what it best personifies about L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024

It personifies and represents him so well, it identifies itself so closely with his idea, that it often seems on the point of annihilating itself as a process in favor of this idea.

From A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne

Like her, Uncle Sam personified American ideals and was popularized in the 19th century as the nation developed its own identity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Carlo Ancelotti was coolness personified, and no wonder all his players love him - he is a great football man and human being.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

These building blocks of the fest are personified by the big red “Netflix Is a Joke” blocks found on almost every stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

“Unfortunately, but predictably, it was at the expense of signaling that Lululemon was no longer the leading, premium, cool brand initially personified by its muse.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

John Henry may have been powerful, but High John was power personified.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

There’s an obvious objection to all this: It sounds as if we’re naively personifying a giant math problem, mistaking statistical patterns for sentience—falling for the oldest anthropomorphic error in the book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

Directed by artistic director Mathew Wright, the solo performance features Alcalá personifying four nurses and a respiratory therapist, using their words, verbatim, about working during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023

One banner commemorating the Bill of Rights borrows from Christmas language to proclaim, “Joy to the world — the Bill of Rights is born,” elevating and personifying the document that grants Americans consequential freedoms.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

On the other side of town is another, equally imposing statue personifying the Italian stonemasons who also brought their skills to Barre.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2022

India and in Greece the animal should be regarded as sacred to the goddess personifying the female creator, and why in Hindoo myths it is said to support the world.

From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Thomas Inman