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as in equated
to describe as similar reviews that compared the adventure movie to a thrilling ride on a roller coaster
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as in identified
to regard or represent as equal or comparable compared the restaurant's food to the nectar of the gods
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Recent Examples of compared Some anglers have compared FFS to nothing more than a video game being viewed on a screen. —
Mike McFeely, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026 Fans lucky enough to secure tickets to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles are facing steep prices, with some paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars to attend events, prompting questions about why costs have surged compared with past Games. —Amy Corral, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 The tall thin birch has little future compared with others, some even standing tall. —Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026 Nearly 70% also supported caps on rent increases, while 44% of voters wanted the city to focus on building short-term homeless shelters to get people off the streets, compared with 25% who wanted to focus on permanent housing with services. —Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 Peacock, the streaming service of Comcast’s entertainment unit NBCUniversal, posted a first-quarter loss of $432 million, compared with a loss of $215 million in the year-ago period and a fourth-quarter loss of $552 million. —Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026 Democrats are on track to gain 10 seats nationally through redistricting compared with Republicans’ nine — though the final outcome of a court battle in Virginia over the referendum’s validity could move Democrats back to six. —Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2026 The streamer recorded a quarterly loss of $432 million compared with a loss of $215 million in the prior year period. —Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026 Steve Kerr compared the win to the Warriors’ heyday as champions, as Curry’s offensive brilliance, Green’s shutdown defense and some timely shooting from Al Horford took Golden State over the top. —Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Mike McFeely, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026 Fans lucky enough to secure tickets to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles are facing steep prices, with some paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars to attend events, prompting questions about why costs have surged compared with past Games. —Amy Corral, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 The tall thin birch has little future compared with others, some even standing tall. —Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026 Nearly 70% also supported caps on rent increases, while 44% of voters wanted the city to focus on building short-term homeless shelters to get people off the streets, compared with 25% who wanted to focus on permanent housing with services. —Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 Peacock, the streaming service of Comcast’s entertainment unit NBCUniversal, posted a first-quarter loss of $432 million, compared with a loss of $215 million in the year-ago period and a fourth-quarter loss of $552 million. —Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026 Democrats are on track to gain 10 seats nationally through redistricting compared with Republicans’ nine — though the final outcome of a court battle in Virginia over the referendum’s validity could move Democrats back to six. —Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2026 The streamer recorded a quarterly loss of $432 million compared with a loss of $215 million in the prior year period. —Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026 Steve Kerr compared the win to the Warriors’ heyday as champions, as Curry’s offensive brilliance, Green’s shutdown defense and some timely shooting from Al Horford took Golden State over the top. —Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
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In popular culture, resilience is often equated with grit, toughness or relentless positivity.— Keith M. Bellizzi, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
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One talent manager equated it to dishing out free samples at an ice cream store, with the hopes of convincing TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts users to try creators’ longer videos.— Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
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Police have identified the woman, whose name was in Smith’s laptop.— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Edmunds’ auto experts have identified the five best off-roading midsize trucks right now.— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Police on Friday closed Kensington Gardens, a central London park visited by thousands of tourists and local residents every day, after a group that Israel has linked to Iran posted a video claiming Israel’s nearby London embassy was going to be attacked with drones carrying dangerous substances.— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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The University of Kansas Hospital staffer in charge of the open-heart surgery devices that have been linked to a brutal and sometimes deadly infection was in the hot seat in a Kansas City, Kansas, courtroom on Friday.— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
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Murakami connected for a two-run home run to right, which went 425 feet, in the fifth inning.— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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Near the end of this complex six-hundred-page book, Yamashita switches to a collective pronoun, suggesting that a common dream has connected her characters.— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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The Hatfield-McCoy feud is a complex story related the power of owning land when land was the only power, with its own love story at the center.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
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James also said the shooting may have been gang related.— Naveen Dhaliwal, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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His record as head baseball coach of LSU of 870-330-3 is likely never to be matched, including his winning the college World Series five times.— George Solomon, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
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The traditional urban firehouse is an almost perfect neighbor — matched in scale and material to the predominantly residential neighborhood while using subtle details that indicate its status as an official civic structure.— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
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