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“We acknowledge the reactive appearance of this call, but what we interpreted as a bottoming process, akin to prior cycles last year, appears less so now,” Zener wrote in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Barshay’s arrival helped set Paul Weiss on a path toward extraordinary growth in profit but also, in the eyes of some, made it operate more akin to a corporation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

He doesn’t respond to his various wake-up calls with stubborn defiance but a curiosity that shifts his moping into something akin to a geeky, fun-loving second adolescence.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Mission specialist Christina Koch, the first woman to venture into deep space, said preparing for the 10-day journey was akin to planning for a camping trip.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

I guess they were of hobbit-kind; akin to the fathers of the fathers of the Stoors, for they loved the River, and often swam in it, or made little boats of reeds.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien