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
“The competitive reality is that the Chinese are the 700-pound gorilla in the EV industry,” Ford CEO Jim Farley told me in an interview last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
But as Benchmark analyst Daniel Kurnos says: “No one likes it when an 800-pound gorilla comes sniffing around.”
From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026
In 2024, the graffiti artist created an animal trail around the capital with pieces featuring a goat, elephants, a gorilla, monkeys, piranhas, a rhino and pelicans among other animals.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
A chimpanzee is like a smaller, leaner gorilla, but meaner-looking, with less of the melancholy gendeness of its larger cousin.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
