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
“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
In the season to beat all seasons there's a recurring question out there, even among day trippers to Scottish football - who's going to win this colossal battle for the Premiership title?
From BBC • Apr. 27, 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
As early as 5000 B.C., colossal architecture of massive, upright stones appeared.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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