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Think of home runs in baseball, and the fan’s mind races to the mammoth distances a ball can fly when slugged right on the nose, or a history-making chase that captivates a nation.—
Dan Gelston,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025 -
Two days later, on September 10, at the mammoth Royal Albert Hall in London, Bernstein and the orchestra played the work yet again.—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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Tribe also added a fan zone to its band, allowing revelers to cool down under colossal fans, and a beer bus serving draft beer and plenty of laughs.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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One of the biggest moves came just this week, when Trump imposed a colossal set of new tariffs on America’s trading partners.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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Still, Cornyn, who has trounced past challengers, is a prodigious fundraiser and wields widespread influence as a senior senator.—
Kayla Guo,
ProPublica,
4 Apr. 2025
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The prodigious child of Salzburg had become a dominant figure in European classical music.—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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On top of his composing work, Giacchino is also planning his feature film directorial debut with a remake of Them!, the 1954 black-and-white sci-fi movie about gargantuan man-eating ants.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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On YouTube alone, there are genres within genres of Minecraft videos, with boundless narrative possibilities; A Minecraft Movie was bound to attract a gargantuan audience, no matter what.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Djokovic won his only title of 2024 at Roland Garros, beating Alcaraz in their titanic Olympic gold medal match.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Parker scored a second-round TKO victory after landing a titanic overhand right that landed on the top of Bakole’s head.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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Blue Origin, which Bezos started in 2000, has been offering the cosmic joyrides to celebrities and other paying customers since its New Shepard spacecraft began crewed launches in 2021.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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Unfortunately, no cosmic map tells you where to find this intergalactic big bang boom.—
Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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The bathroom could be closed off with sleek pivoting panels and came—like all suites—with a gigantic shower and round bath the size of a Jacuzzi tub.—
Chris Schaklx,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Apr. 2025
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The polar vortex is a gigantic, circular area of cold air high up in the atmosphere that typically spins over the North Pole (as its name suggests).—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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The five-story Osaka Castle, a recreation of the original keep (which was destroyed on several occasions), is built on solid cyclopean foundations, with mint green roof tiles and golden accoutrements that bear striking similarities with Nagoya Castle.—
CNN,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2022
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The wall was built with a range of construction techniques, including cyclopean masonry.—
Isis Davis-Marks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Aug. 2021
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“Bunyanesque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Bunyanesque. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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