How to do a LIKE query with linq?

Question

How can i perform an LIKE query within Linq?

I have the following query i would like to execute.

var results = from c in db.costumers
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Answer 1

2019 is here:

Requires EF6

using System.Data.Entity;
string searchStr ="bla bla bla";
var result = _dbContext.SomeTable.Where(x=> DbFunctions.Like(x.NameAr, string.Format("%{0}%", searchStr ))).FirstOrDefault();