put one in mind of
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Later presidents' homes certainly put FDR's Hyde Park in the shade and put one in mind of Saddam Hussein and his palaces.
From Salon • Jan. 9, 2021
And so both of these bizarre events put one in mind of a simple but arresting thesis: that we are living in the Matrix, and something has gone wrong with the controllers.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 27, 2017
Mr. Vanhoenacker, on the other hand, can put one in mind of Henry James.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2015
The political comings and goings of the past week put one in mind of one of Shakespeare's lesser known and more chaotic works, says Simon Schama.
From BBC • May 14, 2010
Sing Sing is one of those rare American places where enough of the old has been left alone— preserved, incorporated into the present, or simply never swept away—to put one in mind of history.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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