metaphor
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Maybe it’s a metaphor, but more likely, it is just a song about her underwear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
That conceit ended up an unsubtle but no less effective metaphor for our new Gilded Age.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
It would have been a fitting metaphor for an awful afternoon for the Old Trafford hosts.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
It’s not exactly the kind of metaphor you want to hang an entire film on, lest its relative simplicity give way under the heft of a feature film’s many parts.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Crazy Cat becomes a metaphor for my situation.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
He describes the scene in similes and metaphors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Game changer" is the i Paper's verdict as "Europe tackles Infantino" – continuing with the football metaphors.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
As horror metaphors go, this malediction is one we know all too well.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 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 ● Jun. 12, 2026
Mom has a different set of flying metaphors.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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