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mammoth

[mam-uhth] / ˈmæm əθ /


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The approximately one-hour flight also tested upgrades to the mammoth ship's heat shield.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

Luckily, Tim had brought along Herman Melville’s mammoth seafaring novel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

It can’t be denied, though, that 2026 has been a rough one for Palantir, especially after three straight years of mammoth gains.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

The septet's mammoth global tour was making a stop in her backyard – the Indonesian capital, Jakarta – and as a longtime fan, she couldn't fathom missing it.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

The mammoth bends its knees and jumps … before crashing onto the ground and catapulting me off my feet once more.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Colossal says it’s considering Asian or African elephants as surrogate parents for its mammoths.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

Sora transfixed the tech world by creating seemingly realistic videos of everything from woolly mammoths trekking across a snowy field to a stylish woman walking down a Tokyo street filled with glowing neon signs.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

They also compared the bone of modern elephants and steppe mammoths to determine which animal it came from.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

It had evolved to specialize in hunting megafauna — oversized, cold-tolerant, plant-eating mammals like mammoths and giant sloths and saber-toothed tigers.

From Salon May 15, 2025

The mammoths of Wrangel continued to prosper for a few more millennia, then suddenly disappeared about 4,000 years ago, just when the first humans reached the island.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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