An example of simile in popular science writing:
"You don't need to know where all the cells are because your mAbs will do the legwork for you, incessantly scouring the body for their target destination like tiny, demented postal workers without a good union."
Catherine Carver
Carver, C. (2017). Immune. How your body defends and protects you. Bloomsbury Sigma. (Read 'Disease and immunity – a biological myth'.)
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