colossus
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Legendary Jazz musician Sonny Rollins, who was known as the "saxophone colossus", has died aged 95.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
When the chips were down he was a colossus for Celtic, driven, focused, as hungry as anybody to get his team over the line and more influential than most in ensuring it happened.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Honda grew into a worldwide automotive colossus from humble roots.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The e-commerce and cloud computing colossus noted that the investment builds on $8 billion it had already invested in Anthropic, according to the companies.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
He became a huge colossus; his head touched the skies, his feet were lost in the abyss, and his arms stretched from one pole to the other.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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