as though
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She has a ring on a chain around her neck that she absentmindedly pulls, almost as though she’s got herself on a leash.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Initially, it appeared as though two galaxies might be merging, or that a single galaxy was split by a dark band of dust.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
"If you operate as though failure isn't possible, the ship is going to blow up," he explains.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Bill Atkinson, a brilliant Apple programmer, kept his eyes on the screen as though they were fixed there by a magnetic field.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
“Why you’d want to go back in time to change something. All those people,” she said, shutting her eyes as though she could unsee it all that way.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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