colossal
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He told reporters that there had been a "colossal breach of trust".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
“To spend billions of dollars to build a subway under a street that has no ridership would have been a colossal mistake,” Yaroslavsky told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
While both are scarce, there are some differences between the colossal machines that produce semiconductors and the children’s toys that produce howls of pain when stepped on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
US President Donald Trump's administration on Friday revealed renderings for a colossal triumphal arch proposed for construction in Washington near some of the nation's most revered monuments.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
Geologists know that somewhere in the vicinity of northeastern Indiana there is evidence of a pipe or group of pipes that may be truly colossal.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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