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like

[lahyk] / laɪk /




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For residents like Samantha there is still no clear timetable for when the issues might be resolved.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

She said she has cut back on buying clothing and the like in recent years but takes a few trips a year to give her son new experiences.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

So far in September, more than 1,400 people in the regency have been treated or hospitalised for acute respiratory infections, said Iwansyah, who like many Indonesians has one name.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

But I feel like I’ve been able to feel grounded and feel present when I step out there on the football field.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

The brain cortex is like a city; every part has an address.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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

Mary Jo is a decisive and unafraid liker of what she likes, and disliker of what she does not.

From Washington Post Jun. 28, 2022

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

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

Sure, I believe ’twould set her thinkin’ of other things, and she’ll be liker to overlook my foolishness.”

From Dorothy at Oak Knowe by Evelyn Raymond

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 William Gilbert

I look back with something which is akin to pity on the vain child who thought fine clothes and array the likest to enhance the fair face and form which maybe God has given me.

From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Emma Marshall

"How likest thou the little jungle waif, Ram Deen?" inquired the Thanadar.

From The Taming of the Jungle by Dr. C. W. Doyle

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

From Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach

It’s possible to believe that the goal is natural or inevitable in itself and also that there must be better options than those offered by the likes of Putin and Xi Jinping.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

Key stars such as Lauren Bell, Sophie Ecclestone and Nat Sciver-Brunt have been rested, which has presented opportunities to experiment with the likes of fringe players in Grewcock and Tilly Corteen-Coleman.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

With spinners dominating the T20 World Cup earlier this summer, the likes of Filer and Issy Wong were sidelined, but both have stepped up admirably.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

The news analyst at a data analytics firm likes her job, where she feels challenged and supported, works from home and has the vacation days to feed her love of travel.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

I’ve found ways to help that Lou Ann likes.

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

That’s why he liked the idea of birds flying in formation.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

I took all these classes, and just to see what I liked, because I just wanted to be funny for my friends.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

They found a home they liked for $215,000 which was previously listed as a rental.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

I would arrive armed with what I liked to call my anti-drowning armour: armbands, floats, goggles, and a swimming hat.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

“I wouldn’t have stopped texting if I knew you liked hearing from me.”

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

And bringing inflation back down to the Fed’s 2% annual target has been another top focus of his, albeit with too few details for Wall Street’s liking.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

“Why would Simon & Schuster drop it? Because apparently it already had a huge amount of success. So people were liking it,” said Chakrabarty.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

My dummy account, Mohammed, was a profile set to private and designed to look similar to the accounts of younger Moroccan people who were liking and commenting on the posts advertising crossings.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Joked McDaniel: “For fantasy owners out there, if you’re not liking your output, you have Max to blame.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Considering I was in a blanket nest on my bed, where I was both comfortable and liking it...the two feelings seemed related.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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