gorilla

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But it’s not an easy decision, Suk added, because Meta “is the 800-pound gorilla in the room” when it comes to online advertising.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

By every account this risk is greater for Netflix, which is already the 900-pound gorilla of streaming.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

BlackRock has long been the 800-pound gorilla of the ETF industry, with more than $5 trillion in assets.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Thanks to anti-poaching patrols and community programmes - supported by the European Union and Unesco - mountain gorilla numbers in Virunga have slowly increased over the past decade.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

I felt like I’d just gotten the Heimlich maneuver from a gorilla.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan