Goliath
noun
Go·li·ath
gə-ˈlī-əth 
1
: a Philistine champion who in I Samuel 17 is killed by David
2
: giant
Examples of Goliath in a Sentence
the family-owned company lost the contract to a multibillion-dollar Goliath
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Years before Apple’s famous ad broadcast during the 1984 Super Bowl, Wang produced an ad for the 1978 Super Bowl—with help from a very young Ridley Scott, who went on to an extraordinary career as a Hollywood director—that featured Wang as David and IBM as Goliath.
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Pat Butler, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025
And that really is first and foremost the reason David vs. Goliath became an all-time great.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
The Miniature Wife is created by Jennifer Ames and Steve Turner (Boardwalk Empire, Goliath), who serve as showrunners and executive producers.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 May 2025
Some have taken a bemused pleasure in Americana-style music finally getting its own hip-hop-style major beef, even if the two acoustic guitar strummers in question are wildly mismatched as far as being a comparative David and Goliath.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 11 May 2025
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Pat Butler, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025
And that really is first and foremost the reason David vs. Goliath became an all-time great.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
The Miniature Wife is created by Jennifer Ames and Steve Turner (Boardwalk Empire, Goliath), who serve as showrunners and executive producers.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 May 2025
Some have taken a bemused pleasure in Americana-style music finally getting its own hip-hop-style major beef, even if the two acoustic guitar strummers in question are wildly mismatched as far as being a comparative David and Goliath.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 11 May 2025
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“Goliath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Goliath. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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