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
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
The last birth of mountain gorilla twins born in Virunga National Park was in September 2020.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
It was definitely not a gorilla; she has since seen some of those at the Bronx Zoo, and this ape-man was nothing like them.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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