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And because, like most other amputees, her brain was continuing to receive and interpret nerve signals as if her limbs were still there, Lulu also was experiencing severe phantom pain.
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2025
Apple is being priced as if its next major growth driver is imminent.
—Tony Zhang, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
The body paint looks as if it were done with skin-tight leggings, while the television personality appears to be topless under the paint.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
His memoir is a patchy affair, to be honest, which omits entire swaths of his achievement, yet its wayward momentum exerts a certain charm, as if Hopkins were only just in control of his reminiscences.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2025
Apple is being priced as if its next major growth driver is imminent.
—Tony Zhang, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
The body paint looks as if it were done with skin-tight leggings, while the television personality appears to be topless under the paint.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
His memoir is a patchy affair, to be honest, which omits entire swaths of his achievement, yet its wayward momentum exerts a certain charm, as if Hopkins were only just in control of his reminiscences.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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“As if.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20if. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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