elephant
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In contrast, imagine a purely three-dimensional elephant that flashes into the room for an instant: a cross-sectional moment in the life of an existing elephant, appearing and disappearing like a ghost.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
On Monday, the climate-vulnerable Alliance of Small Island States said countries could not keep ignoring "the elephant in the room" and warned that anything short of winding down fossil fuels was "papering over the cracks".
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
That includes my first wilderness campsite near Ford Point, where a several-thousand-pound elephant seal roused me from slumber with its jarring bark.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
From these suspended perches, scientists inspect thousands of broken objects and hundreds of elephant tusks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
“I have known this elephant ever since she was born. She is as gentle as a kitten, I promise you.”
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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East Asia - Middle School
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