colossus

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McCormick’s MKC -5.99%decrease; red down pointing triangle journey to a $65 billion food colossus started in a Baltimore cellar in 1889.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Early fears that the fast-food colossus would be overly brand conscious and dictate content were allayed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Instead, it points to a quieter colossus: households.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 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

Traditional histories like to equate Beethoven, the colossus of music in the early 1800s, with his contemporary Napoleon Bonaparte, revolutionary-turned-Emperor and serial military adventurer.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall