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• And why was now the right time to work on something like this?
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
• The script called for something like The Temptations and The Supremes.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• Any prospect the speaker will put something like that on the floor?
  — ABC News, 4 Feb. 2024
• Her mother sliced the knife through the air, and said something like hut-cha!
  — Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
• In fact, there’s been something like a 23 percent drop over the decade.
  — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2023
• That’s where something like the K2 Skate Alexis 84 Boa comes in.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2024
• Leary: Gibby has the kind of mind that would come up with something like that.
  — Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Sep. 2024
• Why was Fortnite the right fit for something like this?
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 17 Nov. 2023
• If there is buildup stuck on the brush, scrub with something like a toothbrush.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2023
• As long as the bedbug has been there for four to eight hours, something like that, the dogs will pick up the scent.
  — Curbed, 4 Oct. 2023
• The bottle sank to the bottom of the ocean, Thomas recalls now, something like a metaphor for her loss.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
• The notion of something like that is a bizarre mystery.
  — Carita Rizzo, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
• Could the budget come from something like CEO salaries?
  — Vulture, 2 May 2023
• For a lighter option, try something like this navy and white T-shirt from J.Crew.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• No one should ever have to go through something like that.
  — Emily Robertson, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2023
• To be fair, on the subject of something like the Easter bunny, things get tricky, to be sure.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 16 Mar. 2024
• That might be something like popping wheelies, which can be seen in the videos.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 23 July 2024
• The Morning Show is so close to something like greatness.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2023
• The heart of the Red Bar feels something like a confessional, with grilles that guests can speak through.
  — Dan Piepenbring, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
• There was a processing lag, and then shock and something like fear.
  — S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2023
• Someone said something like no one has the charm to play the Bandit today.
  — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
• And it’s turned out to be a hit as well, garnering something like a half-billion streams in the U.S. alone.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
• But when you’re known as the nice guys and the good guys, when something like that happens, people want to take any chance to knock you down.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2024
• The government could not have made something like this even 10 years ago.
  — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
• The expansion is out in early 2024, so there may be time yet to add something like that in.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Instead, each episode will go something like this: Harvey and Mike will get a new case.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• But when there's something like this, people do reach out to each other.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
• This matters the most when making pour-over coffee in something like a Chemex.
  — Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
• Hollinghurst’s previous method had been something like full immersion—telling us everything, and then some.
  — Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
• Tottenham would no longer have any enforceable claim over Bayern and so no transfer fee would be paid, and Bayern would offer to pay Kane something like $52 million a year.
  — Stefan Szymanski, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024