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Recent Examples of gorillas
Over the last decade my wife and I have tracked gorillas in the misty hills of Uganda, rowed mokotos in rivers teeming with hippos and crocodiles on the Okavango Delta, and camped on the otherworldly Etosha salt pan in Namibia.
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Tanveer Badal, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2024
The care team member — intending to separate Eyare from other gorillas for an individual training session — accidentally activated the wrong door, striking the young gorilla, who sustained traumatic head injuries.
—Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
The same is true in modern primates, where 21% to 36% of chimpanzees, 20% of gorillas, and 61% of orangutans have suffered non-fatal falls with a resultant long bone fracture, usually of the forearm.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Massive sculptures of moon men and gorillas line the pool, which features a jacuzzi-sized ice bath.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
Female gorillas get a better look at solitary males and decide whether to join them.
—Zhengyang Wang, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
And then, gorillas might be unleashed, and ghosts might come out in the audience.
—Scott Feinblatt, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Elephants, gorillas and other iconic animals visit these muddy concourses, called bais in languages of the Indigenous Ba’aka people, to soak up vital nutrition and maintain their intricate social networks.
—Zhengyang Wang, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
Tanveer Badal, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2024
The care team member — intending to separate Eyare from other gorillas for an individual training session — accidentally activated the wrong door, striking the young gorilla, who sustained traumatic head injuries.
—Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
The same is true in modern primates, where 21% to 36% of chimpanzees, 20% of gorillas, and 61% of orangutans have suffered non-fatal falls with a resultant long bone fracture, usually of the forearm.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Massive sculptures of moon men and gorillas line the pool, which features a jacuzzi-sized ice bath.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
Female gorillas get a better look at solitary males and decide whether to join them.
—Zhengyang Wang, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
And then, gorillas might be unleashed, and ghosts might come out in the audience.
—Scott Feinblatt, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Elephants, gorillas and other iconic animals visit these muddy concourses, called bais in languages of the Indigenous Ba’aka people, to soak up vital nutrition and maintain their intricate social networks.
—Zhengyang Wang, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gorillas
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Many criminals use generative AI to improve the grammar and believability of their phishing emails and scripts.Craig Costigan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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At Tuesday's hearing, Democrats and Republicans were in agreement than dangerous migrant criminals needed to be deported, but they were divided over the idea that undocumented migrants without criminal records should also be removed.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Tired of seeing Hugh Grant plays villains and creeps?Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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On Foods That Sabotage Your Sleep Tollemache emphasizes that these seven foods aren’t villains.Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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This historical event, which aimed to reform secret society gangsters, ended in a riot and resulted in Singapore’s largest trial to date.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
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Finally, talk about how a number of these gangsters like Frank represent were on the opposite side of the law in one area and community builders in another in real life.Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2024
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Several warring factions exist within the Zone, as well as lone bandits and stalkers.Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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There were also potential issues at Pangong Lake, the location where the bandits are carried by the elephants and find the Mystic in a tree.Leila Jordan, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
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Season 1 saw Glover and Maya Erksine portray the eponymous assassins, who were quickly revealed to be just two in a vast network of gig-working specialists who all go by the codenames John Smith and Jane Smith.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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But society might be better off if some workers, like assassins, simply retire.Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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But even bad songs are tough to whittle into a list and culling some of the worst offenders is highly subjective.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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China and Hong Kong were noted as leading offenders, together detaining 135 journalists.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Gorillas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gorillas. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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