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elephant

[el-uh-fuhnt] / ˈɛl ə fənt /
NOUN
large mammal
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He added: "There was an elephant in the room who wasn't there - the United States Air Force."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

With a focus on four cornerstone exercises, it improved its previous “max” lifts by a combined 14,443 pounds—enough muscle to pick up an African elephant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“This is where we find ourselves today: funding as a downstream consequence—a self-fulfilling prophecy among us VCs for VCs—of the trillion-dollar pink elephant everyone is chasing,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

He is hired by the owner and ringmaster August Rosenbluth, but complications ensue when Jacob falls for August’s wife, Marlena, as they work together to train a stubborn elephant named Rosie for their star act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

“He walks like an elephant would walk if an elephant could only take human-size steps.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

He warned that slaughtering elephants for celebratory feasting could encourage poaching by creating the impression that killing elephants is acceptable when sanctioned by government.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

They say elephants destroy crops and infrastructure and pose a danger to people, particularly as their range increasingly overlaps with farms and settlements.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Supporters of Botswana's hunting policy, however, argue that international criticism often overlooks the costs borne by rural communities living alongside one of the world's biggest concentrations of elephants.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

This is the conclusion of a study which interviewed people who live and work alongside the elephants in the Mount Elgon region of Kenya.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Same for newts and spiders, elephants and eagles.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate




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