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I see the same thing happening on social-media forums, subreddits, Facebook groups and the like.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
As the Duchess spilled neighborhood secrets, our bus repeatedly passed an Extra Space Storage facility painted with images of old Hollywood behemoths: Lucille Ball, Groucho Marx and the like.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
The CEO likened the current competitive landscape to the market for high-performance computing, which is dominated by several names: Lenovo, Dell, HP, and the like.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
This was supposed to represent an expenditure of $100 on real capital—land, physical plant, rolling stock and the like.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The canneries which once put up a sickening stench are gone, their places filled with restaurants, antique shops, and the like.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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