colossal
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The museum itself begins with "Hope and Change Lobby" and moves on to a colossal four-storey-high screen showing scenes of the Obamas and the civil rights movement.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
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
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
He’d stand in front of us, so colossal he eclipsed the sun, shaking his head so droplets would shower down on us like salty rain.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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