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Metaphor in the News
- How To Give A Winning Speech Like Obama And Clinton - ThinkProgress
- An ode to the yellow dog and the golden age of metaphor - Toledo Blade
- Why This Cute Animated .Gif Is Totally Wrong About Economics - Business Insider
- My Week: When your muse is a big black dog (which may be a metaphor for guilt) - National Post
- Understanding the Obama camp's 'hair of the dog' expression - TheBlaze.com (blog)
- The Zombie Apocalypse Metaphor Refuses to Die - The Atlantic Wire (blog)
- Reservoir as Metaphor for Revelation - The Jewish Press
Figurative in the News
- Emptying the Notebook: Rude Awakening - Columbia Daily Tribune (blog)
- Figuratively speaking - Deccan Chronicle
- Chandler Center for the Arts showing 'Go Figure' exhibit - AZ Central.com
- Literally Not Figuratively - Slate Magazine (blog)
- Game Changer: Steve McLendon - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
- Love plays it safe but will he be sorry? - Boston.com
- Is Our President (Figuratively) Fiddling While Rome Burns? - Town Hall
Literal in the News
- Obama gets a lift … literally - Washington Post (blog)
- Obama swept off his feet, literally, during stop at Fort Pierce pizza shop - Palm Beach Post
- Olympics bring it home, literally - The Doings La Grange
- Madison Politiscope: Doubling down twice on Obama, literally - 77Square.com
- Trap falls short, literally - Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper
- Joe Biden 'literally' ripped by Twitter users - Zee News
- Ryan Gosling can stop traffic -- literally - Pittsburgh Post Gazette (blog)