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elephant

[el-uh-fuhnt] / ˈɛl ə fənt /
NOUN
large mammal
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Mrs. Paxton released an ad professing to address “the elephant in the room,” in which she urged Texans to get “the whole team across the finish line”—without naming her estranged husband.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Possibly he thought it would be an elephant in the room when he was doing his act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

He subsequently accepted an offer from Great Moscow Circus director Edgard Zapashny to join the team as an elephant trainer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The banks also addressed the elephant in the room, about how AI agents that the banks are helping finance could end up eating away at their deposit business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Not on the normal tourist route, it was clean and cozy, with dark-painted walls, a giant silver-sequined elephant and other decorations from Thailand, and dim lighting, which his eyes preferred.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Working alongside Zapashny -- a big-cat trainer and fourth-generation member of the Zapashny circus dynasty -- Deforge is also planning to present a brand-new show featuring seven elephants to the public "soon".

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

He has used giraffes, hippos, rhinos, camels and zebras, and now has both bisons and elephants at the Great Moscow Circus, which opened during the Soviet era.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

While tracking elephants in Namibia's Huab River Valley, Veronesi spotted an unusual trail of drag marks across the sand of a dry riverbed.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 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

It didn’t rain cats and dogs; it rained cows and horses … lions and tigers … boy, it rained elephants and giraffes!

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney


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