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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a force like" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare something to a powerful influence or entity, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "Her determination was a force like a hurricane, unstoppable and fierce."
Alternatives: "an influence similar to" or "a power akin to".
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He was a force like no other.
("A force like gravity keeps him here," Long says, and lets it go at that).
Flatulence becomes a presence and sometimes a force, like the weather on Mount Everest in "Into Thin Air".
Globalization, as the former United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, once put it, is a force like gravity -- unstoppable, inevitable and frequently crushing.
But to be effective, such a force, like the one in Afghanistan, would surely have to include French and German soldiers.
"Hugo Cabret" was one of those rare books — Chris Van Allsburg's tale "The Polar Express" is the last that comes to mind — that strike imaginations small and large with a force, like, well, thunder.
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The new film will be released on August 15, 2008 and may cause a ripple in the Energy, a force-like thing that surrounds us all thanks to the power of the Mitocatians.
It would be more shameful if the lessons in it – about honesty and transparency and about the dangers of creating an elite force-within-a-force like the SPG then and the Territorial Support Group now – were not recognised.
Lincolnshire Police is clearly a force that likes to be ahead of the curve.
Reflected particles of light impart a small force, like a stream of water from a garden hose hitting a beach ball.
A positive force like a friend in their lives can be a lifesaver, quite literally.
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