as big as life
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There was Nanuq, as big as life and almost on top of them.
From Literature
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So there’s a chance, the artist Wyland likes to think, that a pod of whales will swim past The Edgewater Hotel and see themselves painted on the side, almost as big as life.
From Seattle Times
Photography’s images are often small, but its reach is as big as life itself.
From New York Times
Near it, and part of it, is Willemzoon, with her plain face and her deep sapphire eyes, as big as life, and no bigger.
From New York Times
But how was it possible for a book to be as big as life?”
From Washington Post
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