as in giant
unusually large
as military blunders go, the disastrous Pickett's Charge was of Himalayan proportions
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So yeah, who is going to go into the Olympics, with everything that’s at stake, with the world shifting and media behavior, constantly shifting, and be absolutely confident that that big, giant American audience is going to reassemble?—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
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Longtime readers may remember a proposal to recreate the experience of standing on the the Moon inside a giant spherical structure here on Earth.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Feb. 2026
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Aid groups say the true war death toll could be many times higher, as the fighting in vast and remote areas impedes access.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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The sponsors said the vast majority of Floridians would have their citizenship checked seamlessly by matching the voter registration database with REAL ID records maintained by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the state driver license agency.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2026
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The residences are huge, and the life is peaceful – at least west of Kyiv.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The Gardens are relatively easy to navigate, but huge and sprawling.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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The first half of NEE is a gigantic utility powering the state of Florida called Florida Power and Light (FPL).—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
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But the musical experience would have been far better without competition from a gigantic amateur TV show.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Feb. 2026
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The mammoth, winding sauna next door can hold up to 35 people.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Back in 2023, students at schools in Alaska learned about mammoth bone samples.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Naturalists will take to the property's enormous, 116-year-old Indian banyan tree.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Her fluent Mandarin also gives her access to an enormous market in China, where her face is splashed across billboards and television screens.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The mansions are in the Bio Barray neighborhood, part of which has been built illegally in the mountainous Western Area Peninsula National Park, which Sierra Leone's government has proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.—
ED DAVEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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In the cooler fall and winter months, natural food sources decline, and snow covers mountainous regions like Tahoe.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
19 Feb. 2026
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There is a tremendous drive to acquire money to support the work of faculty and staff.—
Brian Herman,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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As in most deals that appear to be too good to be true, there is a tremendous cost to this tax credit program.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Himalayan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Himalayan. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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