metaphor
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But the metaphor runs deeper than a single motion.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Goodwin’s advice included a basketball metaphor: “defense wins championships.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
“I brought a cupcake — vegan vanilla. Bet it tastes pretty rancid,” Lanier said during closings, brandishing the baked good during an extended metaphor.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
A refined 1840 Hokusai portrait of a young samurai, painted for a male patron, bears a poem praising the boy’s loveliness with a metaphor about dew-soaked branches.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
Here, sweat is a metaphor for hard work, but seldom its consequence.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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