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were likening
  • past progressive of liken.

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People online were likening him to the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, and calling him “crooked”.

From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2018

Some Israelis were likening Rogers' visit to a 1940s popular song: "Big noise blew in from Winnetka/ Big noise blew right out again."

From Time Magazine Archive