metaphor
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The ’90s-themed attic, which he says is a metaphor for his mind, serves as the backdrop for his latest project: a podcast called “Big Bro With Kid Cudi,” premiering Wednesday via Wave Sports and Entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Stratford uses a haunting metaphor for this moment, comparing the current interaction between the two nations to “traveling together through a long, dark tunnel.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
If a black swan is a metaphor for rare, unpredictable market events, then it’s only the energy market that is seeing black-swan style price dynamics, they say.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
Glaser, who took AFP to the stretch of Highway 78 in Imperial County where part of the chase was filmed, said the road stands as a metaphor.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Neither man was completely convinced that heaven was anything more than a metaphor.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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