as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
the family-owned company lost the contract to a multibillion-dollar Goliath
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Recent Examples of Goliath
Zoom out: Leaders of Carrboro, a town of just over 21,000 outside Chapel Hill, described themselves several times during a news conference Wednesday as the David to Duke Energy's Goliath.
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Lucille Sherman, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
Here, visitors can observe American kestrels, barracudas, Goliath groupers, and even rehabbing turtles at the Sea Turtle Care Center.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
Amazon has disputed those findings, noting that the online Goliath has avoided tens of thousands of metric tons of new plastic each year in North America through efforts such as lightweighting, rightsizing and the use of paper and cardboard alternatives.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Dec. 2024
This album, which is highly anticipated by his fans, could be a turning point in his career, as his popularity and power as a rap Goliath are beginning to wane.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
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Lucille Sherman, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
Here, visitors can observe American kestrels, barracudas, Goliath groupers, and even rehabbing turtles at the Sea Turtle Care Center.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
Amazon has disputed those findings, noting that the online Goliath has avoided tens of thousands of metric tons of new plastic each year in North America through efforts such as lightweighting, rightsizing and the use of paper and cardboard alternatives.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Dec. 2024
This album, which is highly anticipated by his fans, could be a turning point in his career, as his popularity and power as a rap Goliath are beginning to wane.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Goliath
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Alerts do go out to boaters when whales are spotted, but the current spotting effort still misses whales.Emily Jones, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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As many as 20,000 whales can be spotted swimming offshore beginning in February.Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2024
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Nevertheless, the price cuts demonstrate how the race among China’s technology giants to win more business for their nascent artificial intelligence products is intensifying.Ryan Browne, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
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The subject of a pending move to Premier League giants Chelsea, this Brazilian winger was nicknamed Messinho from an early age because coaches said that his playing style mimicked that of the legendary Argentinian forward.Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The Giannis Antetokounmpo show was in full effect, as the Greek Freak put up a monster performance with 32 points and 14 rebounds.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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For a memorable sight, visit the snow monsters of Zao in northern Honshu.Anna Mazurek, AFAR Media, 16 Dec. 2024
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But that dinosaur surely had a way with words, and his legacy now is mine.Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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Related article Fossilized poop reveals secrets of how dinosaurs came to dominate Earth Gorgonopsians do share some traits with their mammal cousins.Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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Archaeological evidence also shows that the Clovis people lived life on the move, as did the mammoths, which tended to migrate seasonally, according to the paper.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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The short-faced bear went extinct around 11,000 years, at the end of the Pleistocene, along with most of the large mammals that lived alongside it, including all the large carnivores listed above, as well as giant ground sloths, mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, camels, and giant armadillos.Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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