make like
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Medicare Advantage plans are supposed to make like life easier for retirees by bundling all their healthcare needs together.
From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025
There's specific legal claims you can make, like state secrets.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2025
I brought my art school knowledge to it and I didn’t want to make, like, the perfect magazine photograph of the singer at the microphone.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024
“I’d make like four or five days of Tupperware,” he said.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2022
I make like I’m cleaning up my stuff near my bed, but really I’m just taking my brain maps and flipping them over.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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