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Forget about that, a tiny skeleton named Cruncher of Bones is flying through outer space with a talking pink hippo for reasons that no adult could ever hope to explain.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 June 2024
In many instances, the failures of his team fell squarely on his shoulders with all the weight of a river hippo.
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Dan Wiederer, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
But seeing this solitary hippo on the move, on land, gave us all a sense of the animals’ true size and speed.
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Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2024
Only instead of taking place in a suburban convention center, it's held in a delightfully classic, very remote tented camp in an acacia grove overlooking a water hole with a resident hippo.
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Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1850, in the meaning defined above
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“Hippo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hippo. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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More from Merriam-Webster on hippo
Nglish: Translation of hippo for Spanish Speakers
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about hippo
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