This is geographic as well as metaphoric distance, at a hefty price tag for Welsh tax payers.

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For couples, France and its abundant beauty provide an ideal metaphoric backdrop for the newly lovestruck or the long married.

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However, I wanted this post to celebrate the Spirit of Entrepreneurship with a metaphoric exuberance that befits the subject and reflects my passion for it.

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It would not be out of place to refer to the mess that Armstrong finds himself in as a massive metaphoric class-action suit brought about by disgusted onlookers.

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The comparison to litigation is more than metaphoric.

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His world was grandly metaphoric.

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