elephant
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From these suspended perches, scientists inspect thousands of broken objects and hundreds of elephant tusks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Both are about to learn it is one elephant, with three sides and one body — and it is not in a good mood.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
But no one could ignore the elephant in the room.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Determined to retrieve it, the hunter followed that trail through dense vegetation until he eventually found the elephant dead.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
And I really preferred the fuzzy green slippers version, even if her unrelenting expectations for me often made me feel like I had an elephant sitting on my chest.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - Introductory
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East Asia - High School
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