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elephant

noun as in large mammal

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One elephant was spotted struggling to find a new path after using the location of the Ritz-Carlton as a crossing for more than a decade, Dapash said.

“Smelling elephants? That is not much to go on,” Penelope thought.

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Cryptocurrency stockpiler Strategy might have an obstacle in its path to S&P 500 inclusion — in the form of an “elephant” currently residing in the S&P Small-Cap 600 index.

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There, Scipio’s nimble movements—he divided his forces, closed in on the Carthaginian wings and panicked their elephants—and strict discipline yielded a decisive victory.

Indigenous groups displayed signs reading "the answer is us" as an inflatable elephant and anaconda weaved through the crowd under the hot sun.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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