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Recent Examples of giantess
Stewart herself is certainly no stranger to starring in movies that are a little off the wall; Love Lies Bleeding, famously, ended with (spoiler alert) what basically amounted to a giantess fantasy sequence.
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James Factora, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Moroney is standing on the shoulders of other giantesses, too, but combining some of their different qualities in an interesting way — as girly as Shania Twain on the surface level but at least somewhere on the same toughness scale that is topped by Miranda Lambert, too.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
In the 1958 Hollywood movie, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, a giantess played by Allison Hayes squashed men like bugs until the town sheriff killed her.
—Jane Smiley
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Maybe her fans didn’t recognize her because the performer is a giantess and the person is merely person-size.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Back in the woods and trying to find a way to stop a vengeful giantess, the Baker’s Wife ends up running into Cinderella’s Prince.
—Vulture, 16 Aug. 2022
Salerno plays 30 characters from inside a small box, ranging from a drunken couple in Las Vegas to a lonely giantess, a lost pope and the entire Greek army.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2022
James Factora, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Moroney is standing on the shoulders of other giantesses, too, but combining some of their different qualities in an interesting way — as girly as Shania Twain on the surface level but at least somewhere on the same toughness scale that is topped by Miranda Lambert, too.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
In the 1958 Hollywood movie, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, a giantess played by Allison Hayes squashed men like bugs until the town sheriff killed her.
—Jane Smiley
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Maybe her fans didn’t recognize her because the performer is a giantess and the person is merely person-size.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Back in the woods and trying to find a way to stop a vengeful giantess, the Baker’s Wife ends up running into Cinderella’s Prince.
—Vulture, 16 Aug. 2022
Salerno plays 30 characters from inside a small box, ranging from a drunken couple in Las Vegas to a lonely giantess, a lost pope and the entire Greek army.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giantess
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The ecommerce giant is also expected to make its clothing lines available in five Galeries Lafayette malls, which like BHV is owned by the Société des Grands Magasins (SGM) group in the cities of Dijon, Grenoble, Reims, Angers, and Limoges, though the dates are not set.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Danish shipping giant Maersk on Thursday posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter operating profit and raised the lower-end of its full-year guidance, bolstered by increasing container volumes.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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When the frame shifts up and over the reservoir’s edge, Copco 1 appears as a concrete colossus, standing sentry over the river naively burbling below.—
Anne Reeve,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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For too long, histories of the war have emphasized its leaders, men like Thomas Müntzer in Thuringia, adopted by Friedrich Engels and then by the East German regime as a revolutionary hero to rival the reactionary colossus Luther.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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From the time the practice became a significant industry in the 18th century to its official ban in 1986, whale hunters were heralded with songs and literature celebrating their exploits.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The whales' communication can be disturbed by underwater noise made by humans, and the interference often deters them from certain crucial areas, like breeding and feeding locations.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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In place of the Air Jordan 3’s signature elephant print toe and heel overlays, the style uses smooth leather in a Pale Ivory shade.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
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The conservative backlash isn’t surprising, but we were still left genuinely puzzled by the unshakable belief that a lesbian nun is as far-fetched a notion as a flying elephant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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What To Know The beverage behemoth took a similar approach to this year’s Christmas ad.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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His team fell one win — one run — short of defeating baseball’s behemoth in the World Series.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Humans have had an impact on biodiversity as far back as 130,000 years ago, with the disappearance of mammoths and giant sloths—and extinction has continued in our wake as the human race spread across the globe.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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After a mammoth run through North America as part of the After Hours Til Dawn Tour, Abel’s heading overseas in 2026.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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Bringing Colter on board gives another boost to Cupertino — described as a David vs Goliath legal drama set in Silicon Valley — which is targeted for the 2026-27 season.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
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The show is described as a David vs. Goliath legal drama set in Silicon Valley.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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Both the leviathans are undergoing testing in the waters around China’s southernmost province of Hainan, open-source maritime analyst H.I. Sutton wrote in a report for Naval News.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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But Maiolino and his colleagues described a solitary leviathan with no parent galaxy in sight.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Giantess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giantess. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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