Goliath

Example Sentences

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Farage has described the by-election as a "David versus Goliath battle" between Burnham and Kenyon, who came second in the constituency in the 2024 general election.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Goliath sued in South African court to be reinstated but lost—and is now showing her video installation at the Church of San Antonio.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

A mum awarded more than £35,000 in compensation after being sacked from a bar claims she has "not received a penny" almost six months after her "David vs. Goliath" tribunal ruling.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Never mind that if he was the David, then the Goliath was the Los Angeles Department of Transportation’s parking division, notoriously difficult to challenge.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

We were David who’d thrown a stone into the brain of Goliath!

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie