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like

[lahyk] / laɪk /




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A 3-year-old could tell that one of those is not like the others.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

And like all fairy tales, it has something to tell us about how we are transformed as we encounter the strange and terrifying and magnificent.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

During one e-mail to Epstein released in the files, Siad wrote in badly-spelled English: "In This busyness I feel like fisherman some time I cache quick, some time no fish".

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

The future may look like nothing like the past, but almost everyone is betting that it will.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

It’s easy to lose your identity in a place like this, she writes.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

And twice that morning, reporters asked him if he himself was the liker.

From Washington Post Sep. 12, 2017

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

As for young Miss Jean, she’s liker ither folk than ye think.”

From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)

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

From Time Jan. 17, 2012

If thou likest to bring thy wife to Tarnghyll, where we are sheltering for the present, she and the little ones will be much safer, and thy wife Eadburgh will be useful to Lady Ethel.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

So be pleased at once to betake thyself to thy own domain, or anywhere thou likest, so that thou cross my path no more.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

But to begin with—how likest thou that and that?”

From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Mitford, Bertram

Hast thou another lover, To make the time pass over, Whom thou likest more than me?

From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold

“The center is working with several specialist veterinarians to determine the best supportive care for the moment,” the nonprofit wrote in a Facebook post, which racked up more than 120,000 likes within hours.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

The AI chip companies that supply much of that equipment have their own contracts with the likes of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to make the chips.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Shares in PayPal, meanwhile, have been on a precipitous fall amid competition from the likes of Apple Pay, Google Pay and Cash App.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Like Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, Burnham likes to be photographed swigging pints in pubs.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

He shows us a square photo of them grinning with their cheeks smashed together and points proudly to the ten likes on the picture.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

And if you liked these recommendations, you might like Your Morning Slate, a newsletter that gives you three handpicked recommendations bright and early from Slate’s editor in chief, plus highlights from our homepage.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

While well liked, some in the party saw him as flimsy, with all the chat, but not the substance.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

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

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

“She liked school so much that she went to the last grade twice, because she couldn’t afford to go on,” Marcus recalled in a 1991 interview with the Chemical Heritage Foundation.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

But my rez friends were the kids I went to school with and maybe a few of their cousins who liked Star Wars or comics.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

Why, then, does not liking Olive Garden feel incompatible with being a foodie — and so incompatible that it shouldn’t even be mentioned by name?

From Salon Jun. 3, 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

And Crystal Palace's Adam Wharton, a smooth mover and passer but maybe not quite intense enough for Tuchel's liking, might just be the most disappointed of all.

From BBC May 22, 2026

That camo outfit’s working too well for Scoob’s liking.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone




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