gorilla
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The bottom line: Even with a 22% haircut in 2032, Social Security will remain the 800-pound gorilla when it comes to retirement income security.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Before you go up to them you learn how to speak gorilla, and there’s just something about the communication aspect that really speaks to me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three chimpanzees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
As Benchmark analyst Daniel Kurnos wrote, and Barron’s reported, at the time, “no one likes it when an 800-pound gorilla comes sniffing around.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
The gorilla line apparently split off slightly before the split between the chimp and the human lines.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Extraordinary, because gorillas, from my understanding, are kind of the best of humanity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Taylor-Joy, who splits time between London and Los Angeles with her American musician husband, Malcolm McRae, talked about overcoming insomnia, greeting gorillas and meditating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The sample included gorillas, orangutans, macaques, colobus monkeys, fossil apes and more.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
Next up, the gorillas Chenchi and Faustina were presented with two pinatas shaped like player jerseys -- one from Spain, and the other from Uruguay.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
There were ten of us—my father, the silverback; my mother and three other adult females; a juvenile male called a blackback; and two other young gorillas.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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