leviathan
Example Sentences
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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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.