as in giant
unusually large
as military blunders go, the disastrous Pickett's Charge was of Himalayan proportions
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Born in Okayama, Japan, Hattori began his racing career on the open-wheel circuits of his home country before taking a giant leap across the Pacific to chase his dreams in America.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
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Dire wolves mostly ate horses and bison, with occasional forays into giant sloths and baby mammoths.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Special content, tips, and tricks: Free digital access to the vast recipe archives of Bon Appétit and Epicurious, plus an in-depth video filmed in the test kitchen of one recipe from each box.—
The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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The vast majority of Slate employees join Apex, as do the 500-plus partner clients.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
10 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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So basically, to make a very huge decision like that, which either way would've had consequences within the show, in 10 minutes and get everybody together and have that discussion logistically was a nightmare and borderline impossible.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Red light therapy masks have been making a huge splash in the realm of skincare.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
28 Mar. 2025
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Even with Hollywood’s diminished state in China, the film business is one sector where the U.S. maintains a sizable trade surplus with its geopolitical rival, as Chinese films, despite their enormous earnings in the home market, have made little headway with mainstream North American moviegoers.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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The enormous brown shape offered a perfect broadside target.—
Jeffrey A. Brunk,
Outdoor Life,
10 Apr. 2025
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The drone used its thermal technology and other powerful sensors to scan the mountainous terrain where the helicopter went down amid pitch darkness and adverse weather conditions.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Troops easily invaded Phnom Penh, causing high-ranking Khmer Rouge to flee to western Cambodia’s mountainous terrain along the Thai border.—
Ray Cavanaugh,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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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
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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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Most teams have a tremendous amount at stake in the final week of the season.—
Nick Crain,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Head coach Geno Auriemma earned his 12th NCAA women's basketball championship Sunday, after an 82-58 rout over No. 1 seed South Carolina, a tremendous feat for his legendary career – the most of any men's or women's program in NCAA history.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Himalayan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Himalayan. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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