make like
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"It's about all the parents, who are trying to provide the best for their children, and all the sacrifices that they make, like my parents did," he says.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
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
“Day of the Fight” is an unabashed genre picture that manages to be both the kind of movie they supposedly don’t make like they used to, and also something bracingly fresh.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
If the stranger sat clear over on the other side of the room, they could make like they’d just been talking.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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