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liken

[lahy-kuhn] / ˈlaɪ kən /


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Smith said he packed, so it wasn’t “too dreadful,” but the Air Force veteran did liken the evacuation to a deployment, owing primarily to the uncertainty of how long the evacuation might last.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

This "is what replacing looks like," added Polanski, a charismatic figurehead some liken to New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and who only took charge of the Greens last September.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Experts and activists liken it to searching for a snowball in a blizzard.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

Some liken the standstill to the Covid era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

‘You speak of what you do not know, when you liken Moria to the stronghold of Sauron,’ answered Gandalf.

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




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