A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares one thing to another without using “like” or “as.” This guide explains the definition, workings, and impact of metaphors in literature and daily life.

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In the pitch-tipping Olympics, the Los Angeles Dodgers have struck gold, finding a previously-unknown edge that helped them come from behind against Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Matt Strahm in ...

Researchers in Sweden and Finland have created the CORE model, a simple blood test that predicts liver disease risk with striking accuracy. Unlike current methods, it works for the general population ...

OMAD, or One Meal a Day, is a form of intermittent fasting where an individual consumes all their daily calories in a single meal, fasting for the remaining 23 hours. Recently, OMAD has become a ...

A Chinese university student has sparked anger on social media in China and Japan after documenting his disrespectful “poverty travel” exploits in Osaka. His outrage-causing actions included abusing ...

While mirroring the solid, decades-long partnership of Bono and The Edge, Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill’s association goes back further, having met as kids on a building site playground in their ...

Hackers claim theft of 1 billion records from Salesforce databases. Major firms like Google, Qantas, and TransUnion confirm breaches. FBI says attackers used vishing, not Salesforce vulnerabilities. A ...

This Sunday the Browns will start rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel in his NFL debut against the Vikings. Notably, Gabriel will be the first quarterback to make his first NFL start abroad, as the game ...

When the government shut down for a few weeks in October 2013, then-President Barack Obama made sure to blame conservative Republicans for refusing to pass any short-term spending bill that included ...

The White House press secretary fully embraced her boss’ habit of mathematically impossible bragging when she repeated President Donald Trump’s claim that his administration was forcing pharma ...

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