be akin
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I wrote that explaining terminal lucidity through an unknown brain capability “would be akin to finding a way that blood can circulate when the heart stops pumping.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Paul: To suggest Slot is in trouble would be akin to saying last season never happened!
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
Keeping Pages in center field would in no way be akin to keeping, say, Devon White or Willie Davis in center field.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
When the universe as we know it collapses, the only creatures with a chance of surviving to see the next age would be akin to Ridley Scott’s xenomorphs.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025
They are said to be akin to their neighbours the Antis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various