Goliath
Example Sentences
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He said it was "becoming tougher" for residents to make a living and believed overturning Article 4 was a "little David and Goliath moment" for campaigners.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
They described the group's relationship with the BBC and Nye as a "David versus Goliath" struggle.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
Paul, naturally, tried to spin the fight as David versus Goliath, a contrast which would probably work better if he did not post videos of himself aboard his own jet, but whatever.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
Halfway through the movie, to ward off full-scale war with the Philistines, David volunteers to engage in single combat with the enemy’s champion: an oversize fellow named Goliath.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
I’d imagine myself a Goliath on the soccer pitch, with legs like rocket launchers.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
