as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
the family-owned company lost the contract to a multibillion-dollar Goliath
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Recent Examples of Goliath
Just remember, the first athlete to enter the Portal was Goliath.
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Taiwan might be a small island, but as the story of David and Goliath reminds us, size and impact are not related.
—Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
The Bible also references the area around Tel Azekah as the site of the famed battle between David and Goliath.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Historically, it’s been the only major sports tournament in the country where there’s a chance David can beat Goliath.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Taiwan might be a small island, but as the story of David and Goliath reminds us, size and impact are not related.
—Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
The Bible also references the area around Tel Azekah as the site of the famed battle between David and Goliath.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Historically, it’s been the only major sports tournament in the country where there’s a chance David can beat Goliath.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Goliath
Noun
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The Virgin isles are a place of stiff rums rather than grizzled whale meats in the frosty expanse of Greenland.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Swimming near whale calves or dolphin nursery groups should remain strictly prohibited.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That reggae giant has now charted for 880 weeks and could be the next title to crack 900.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Jurors found that energy giant Texaco, acquired by Chevron in 2001, had for decades violated Louisiana regulations governing coastal resources by failing to restore wetlands affected by dredging of canals, drilling of wells and by billions of gallons of wastewater dumped into the marsh.—
Jack Brook,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Natalie and a real-estate agent named Dawn (Danielle Brooks), in search of the missing Henry, make their way to the Overworld, too, and the four team up with Steve in a painfully generic adventure to fight off monsters, find another Crystal, save the Overworld (and Dennis), and get back home.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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The space monsters are also entirely terrifying, gestating inside young suns to hideously emerge as massive space insects.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Despite the high probability of getting ripped apart by velociraptors, that’s where a team of scientists embark on a top secret mission to try to extract DNA from the dinosaurs that can be used to make a life-saving drug.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2025
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Covert operations expert Zora Bennett (Johansson) attempts to secure the genetic material from the dinosaurs but ends up stranded with a civilian family on an island that holds a secret being kept from humanity for decades.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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Here’s what to know Company creates 'woolly mouse' in quest to bring back mammoths.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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Beyond mice and mammoths Colossal’s interests expand further than mice or even mammoths.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Goliath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Goliath. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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