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An example of simile in science journalism:
"…the cancer cells, they don't produce many of the molecules on their surface that kind of act as a flag to the immune system, so they can kind of slip in unannounced if you see what I mean…"
Nature podcast
Dr Benjamin Thompson, Senior Multimedia Editor, Nature, was talking on an episode of the Nature podcast
(Note: 'slip in unannounced' has two qualifiying indicators of being figurative: 'kind of' and 'if you see what I mean').
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Tags: cancer cells, immune system
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