The common use of the word “like” to compare two things (as is the norm today) was made popular by a 1954 cigarette ad.
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A bank robber escaped the scene of a crime by arranging (via Craigslist) for a dozen identically dressed and unwitting civilians to be standing at the exact place and time of the arrival of the armored car he intended to hijack.