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And more of the same, as in John just loves hot dogs, hamburgers, french fries, and the like . [c. 1600]Example Sentences
“There would be closures of businesses and the like,” he said, “and then there’s the ripple effect in the economy because you have the port workers, truck drivers, laborers — everybody involved in the distribution system from the importer to the distributor to the retailer.”
The president displayed the rhetorical discipline and analytical precision he’s famous for, calling various former officials “scum” and the like.
The Warholian notion that someday everyone would be world-famous for 15 minutes obviously failed to reckon with the advent of Substack, TikTok, podcasts and the like.
And like those shorts, in which characters were continually being pummeled, flattened, shot, blown up, run over and the like, “Oh My God” dives into “cartoon violence,” if more graphic and disturbing in the execution.
The rest are subsidiary — helpful in fleshing out the period themes of masculinity based on family, work, friendships, sports and the like, but also evidence for why Caillebotte doesn’t rank in the top tier of Impressionist painters.
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