colossus

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In September, Netflix, the streaming colossus behind fare like Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” and a sinking civilization’s “Poop Cruise,” will present a boxing rematch between 49-year-old Floyd Mayweather Jr. and 47-year-old Manny Pacquiao.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Instead, it points to a quieter colossus: households.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Now, he will oversee all of Disney and its 230,000 workforce as the entertainment colossus tries to soar in the streaming age amid the erosion of the company’s once mighty legacy cable TV business.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

"Uini is someone who showed the right path through his actions -- and always with a smile," said Galthie about the New Zealand-born colossus.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

The colossus strikes the temple, which collapses, and Mangogul stirs.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton