grandiose
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The fight for new capital saps investment from other sectors, while meeting increasingly grandiose ambitions requires more computing power, which in turn demands more energy, which stokes energy price increases, and so on.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Many of those projects have struggled as grandiose vision and gravity-defying architectural plans have met budget reality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"The grandiose promises of destroying Hezbollah and Hamas and Iran are not coming true," said Dahlia Scheindlin, a Policy Fellow at the Mitvim Institute, a think tank focused on Israeli foreign policy.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Chopra’s parents, aunts and uncles all live in the A-19 Modern Colony apartment complex, weighed down by the grandiose legacy of their late family elder.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
“The oaken staff,” Lydia said in a grandiose, medieval voice.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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