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leviathan

[li-vahy-uh-thuhn] / lɪˈvaɪ ə θən /




NOUN
behemoth
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Once the leviathan of profit for companies like Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific, pelvic mesh was now the white whale of liability for mass tort plaintiffs’ attorneys.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

Here is Melville’s literary leviathan fantastically adorned with more than 270 of Kent’s black-and-white illustrations, many of them a full page in size.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

But — and this is one leviathan of a “but” — something else is starting to emerge in the polling.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2024

CEO Kim Bayley said gaming "continued to show its ability to connect with people" last year, and despite the modest growth the industry "remains a leviathan".

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2024

Then I saw a long shadow pass underneath me—a leviathan somehow lit from beneath—and I gulped.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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