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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

It expanded into a $1.8 trillion leviathan through a series of big-ticket mergers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

A stiff primary challenge from the liberal leviathan, Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2024

Her virtuous, pale-blue, saucerlike eyes flooded with leviathan tears on unexpected occasions and made Yossarian mad.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller