Which of the following is an example of a simile?

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He just stood there, as still as a statue.
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That Jimmy Valentine is a diamond in the rough.
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When the temperature dropped, Mr. Pneumonia came calling.
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His beard curled in long ringlets, reminicent of Michelangelo's Moses.

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The example of a simile from the provided options is:

He just stood there, as still as a statue.

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as." In this case, the phrase "as still as a statue" is comparing the stillness of the person to a statue.