resemblance
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A humanoid’s frantic attempts to stay upright—arms flailing, legs skittering—bears an uncanny resemblance to the choreographed collapses of Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
The resemblance might have ended there, except Kennedy recently told an interviewer that he eats beef twice a day, generally grass-fed strip steak.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
The outcome of the referendum, which holds no legal weight and bares a resemblance to the classic Ealing comedy Passport to Pimlico, is expected to be announced on Wednesday morning.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Compared to gas-powered Cayennes, the EV rides on a 5-inch-longer wheelbase and sits a bit lower overall, but the differences are overwhelmed by the family resemblance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Just as she let the past go, she was determined not to repeat it: my childhood would bear no resemblance to hers.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
Seyfried and Sweeney were chosen to play the two female leads in The Housemaid because of their physical resemblances, but Seyfried says the similarities do not end there.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025
The bloggers and columnists, clickbait news sites, and social media influencers promise forensic detail: the way clothes move, the anatomy of the pregnant body, the tone of her denials, the baby’s resemblances.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
ME/CFS bears striking resemblances to long COVID, with symptoms such as immune system dysregulation, fatigue and cognitive dysfunction.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2023
Dr. Oates vigorously disputed the charges, saying the resemblances were incidental and the result of a common body of knowledge about Lincoln.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2021
Chacko marveled at how someone so small and undefined, so vague in her resemblances, could so completely command the attention, the love, the sanity, of a grown man.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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