metaphor
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The story could act as a metaphor for the entire album.
From BBC โ Aug. 12, 2026
While she likely intended the lyric to be empowering, instead it feels more like a metaphor for her apparent physical fragility.
From Salon โ Aug. 5, 2026
I also am not losing any sleep over Pirro’s employment status, and I’ve always believed that the pool story is—as my colleague Christina Cauterucci explained—useful more as a metaphor than as a policy issue.
From Slate โ Aug. 4, 2026
Soil was a metaphor for the growth we were incubating in our lives.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Jul. 29, 2026
“It’s a metaphor for adolescence,” my mother piped up.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
Ads feature Leon guiding chief executives across mountains and rivers that double as metaphors for the risks posed by AI.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Aug. 13, 2026
"Game changer" is the i Paper's verdict as "Europe tackles Infantino" – continuing with the football metaphors.
From BBC โ Jul. 31, 2026
District Judge Aileen Cannon agreed, reiterating that “the allegedly infringed material — basic ideas, themes, metaphors, isolated words, and short phrases — is not protected expression and cannot be infringed.”
From Los Angeles Times โ Jul. 9, 2026
Today there are more than 800–roughly the population of Tapanuli orangutans or wild Bactrian camels, but it’s too late to change metaphors.
From Barron's โ Jun. 12, 2026
“Do you always speak in metaphors, Mister Brekker?”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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