Data journalism outlet The Pudding analyzed 200,000 similes from popular fiction, mapping out the patterns in how writers describe the world. In an interactive piece called 'Comparisons as Predictable as the Sunrise,' designed by Shelly Tan, Russell Samora reveals that authors lean on remarkably similar metaphors—suggesting we're all drawing from the same well of literary shortcuts.

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