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An example of simile in popular science writing:
"As the nuclei became heavier, the [relativistic] effects became more pronounced. By the time the model reached oganesson, the supposed electron shells are more like electron soup."
Kit Chapman
Chapman, K. (2019). Superheavy. Making and breaking the periodic table. Bloomsbury Sigma.
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