: one that has great but unrealized or newly emerging power
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Who’s to say international futbol isn’t ready to begrudgingly welcome a new epoch in the sport, and that is might be led by a host nation that proves itself a sleeping giant awakened?—
Greg Cote
june 22,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026 At about 15 times that previous record-holding distance, this new research is the first time it has been successfully employed to measure the mass of such a distant sleeping giant.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
8 June 2026 While the standings may not tell the tale, the Golden Knights were a sleeping giant given their territorial dominance this season.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
31 May 2026 The exchange highlighted a sleeping giant of an issue — and one that lawmakers are often reluctant to talk about.—
Cnn.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sleeping giant