colossal
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He told reporters that there had been a "colossal breach of trust".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Designed to rival China's investments around the Indian Ocean, New Delhi's colossal project will be built on Great Nicobar Island, a site offering a naval presence far closer to Southeast Asia than India's mainland.
From Barron's • May 18, 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
The kicker, which Calder admits in hindsight is a colossal red flag: He had to pay $12,132 to make the change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Over time, some of their views and behavior changed, though never enough to make a difference to the many victims of slavery’s colossal injustice.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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