as in whales
something that is unusually large and powerful
a leviathan of the seas, that cruise ship is said to be the largest passenger vessel afloat
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Jamieson expects other Antarctic sharks may live at similar depths, feeding on carcasses of whales, giant squids and other marine animals that sink to the seafloor.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Feb. 2026 -
Jamieson expects other Antarctic sharks live at the same depth, feeding on the carcasses of whales, giant squids and other marine creatures that die and sink to the bottom.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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The contention that the tech giants are responsible stakeholders has no shortage of rebuttals—even before their founders burrowed to the beating heart of the White House.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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Big Pharma has figured this out; when lives are at stake, second-best won’t do, so Western pharmaceutical giants are licensing innovative therapies for cancer and other diseases that are pouring out of Chinese labs, even as these US and European firms invest more in their own R&D.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away?—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
20 Feb. 2026
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The researchers conducted advanced imaging and historical analysis that revealed the spikes on the dinosaurs were cornified and exceptionally preserved.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Roadrunners, javelinas and gila monsters thrive here, and petroglyphs can be found on rocks in the western district of the park.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
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With the ninth main entry in the franchise, Resident Evil Requiem, the monsters show no sign of slowing down.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Feb. 2026
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Inherit the Wind, a play that is widely read in the American school system, sets up a courtroom debate between two legal titans as its centerpiece.—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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This unprecedented investigation of the turbulent and violent conditions around these cosmic titans, including the first black hole ever imaged by humanity, was possible thanks to the joint Japanese Aerospace Agency (JAXA)/ NASA X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM).—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Leviathans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leviathans. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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