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also elephant
as in whales
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape
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Recent Examples of elephants
Then the babydoll-sized elephant walked into the room.
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Chelsey Sanchez,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
The intimate, 28-guest Zambezi Queen navigates Botswana’s Chobe River, with elephants, buffalo, and hippos appearing with a regularity that starts to feel less like a sighting and more like the river’s daily cast.
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Condé Nast Traveler,
25 June 2026
Most travelers visit Africa for wildlife moments such as elephants at a waterhole, lions in the grass and rhinos on open plains.
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Emese MacZko,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
However, what begins as a fight to save a dog’s life draws him into the unexpected world of animal law and becomes a series of cases on behalf of animals, culminating in an audacious Supreme Court challenge to free a zoo elephant.
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Alex Ritman,
Variety,
22 June 2026
Expect to spy herds of elephants or noisy hippos wading in the river just a few feet away.
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Todd Plummer,
Robb Report,
19 June 2026
The Dior gown that Dovima wore while posing between elephants for Richard Avedon was a Saint Laurent design.
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Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
The last two elephants, Billy and Tina, were transferred last year to the Tulsa Zoo after years of campaigning by animal rights advocates over cramped living conditions, health problems and the recent deaths of two other elephants.
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Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
During the Sudanese civil war, South Sudan’s elephant population plummeted from 100,000 to 5,000 over three decades, as herds of gentle bystanders got caught in the crossfire.
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The Los Angeles Times,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Chelsey Sanchez,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
The intimate, 28-guest Zambezi Queen navigates Botswana’s Chobe River, with elephants, buffalo, and hippos appearing with a regularity that starts to feel less like a sighting and more like the river’s daily cast.
—
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 June 2026
Most travelers visit Africa for wildlife moments such as elephants at a waterhole, lions in the grass and rhinos on open plains.
—
Emese MacZko,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
However, what begins as a fight to save a dog’s life draws him into the unexpected world of animal law and becomes a series of cases on behalf of animals, culminating in an audacious Supreme Court challenge to free a zoo elephant.
—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
22 June 2026
Expect to spy herds of elephants or noisy hippos wading in the river just a few feet away.
—
Todd Plummer,
Robb Report,
19 June 2026
The Dior gown that Dovima wore while posing between elephants for Richard Avedon was a Saint Laurent design.
—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
The last two elephants, Billy and Tina, were transferred last year to the Tulsa Zoo after years of campaigning by animal rights advocates over cramped living conditions, health problems and the recent deaths of two other elephants.
—
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
During the Sudanese civil war, South Sudan’s elephant population plummeted from 100,000 to 5,000 over three decades, as herds of gentle bystanders got caught in the crossfire.
—
The Los Angeles Times,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elephants
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Like all large whales, the NOAA said fin whales were hunted by commercial whalers and their populations were decimated.
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Data collected in this study could also help keep fishing activities away from these whales.
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Children still play with toy cars, trains, dinosaurs or dolls.
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If your kid loves dinosaurs, this toy is a must-have.
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Through a series of measures starting in 2022, Washington has cut off China’s access to the cutting-edge GPUs, throttling Chinese companies’ efforts in competing for the top AI models with US tech giants.
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Some plan to do so especially using solar and nuclear, including tech giants Amazon and Google.
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According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction.
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The artificial egg tech is the latest addition to Colossal's list of de-extinction projects, which now span dodo birds, dire wolves, and mammoths.
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Based on the popular Quebec comic book created by Samuel Parent and commissioned by and produced in collaboration with Télé-Québec, the series, aimed at 6 to 9-year-olds, follows the adventures of a fearless kid who confronts monsters that haunt children in the darkness of night.
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With no idea what's going on, Dylan flees the FBC to find that the Hiss — otherworldly crimson monsters from another dimension — have overrun Manhattan.
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“Elephants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephants. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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