liken

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With the Southern flavor you bring to comedy, I kind of liken it to hip-hop, when it comes to the regional styles of different comics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 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

The company’s critics liken the environment to a casino, but its fans credit Robinhood with democratizing the lucrative world of sophisticated investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

‘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