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The world was filled with unusual creatures experimenting with body shapes and lifestyles that often resemble modern animals or later dinosaurs.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
As Sam Sacks writes, “Ms. Strout has developed her true mastery in an archetypal mode, writing stories that resemble secular parables or everyman morality dramas.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
On the first day of class, professor Reiko Hillyer writes a quote from French philosopher Michel Foucault on the board: Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons?
From Slate • May 27, 2026
WHO's Africa regional director Mohamed Yakub Janabi said Ebola had had a silent early phase, when symptoms resemble malaria or typhoid, meaning transmission can remain undetected.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Raizel was dressed in black and Schloss green, her collar secured with a paste brooch meant to resemble amethyst.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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