whopping

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It used to be the case that governments with whopping majorities could more or less do what they liked.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

As a result, even bone-in dark meat prices have gained “a whopping 93% increase from the average just five years prior,” as one industry publication noted in January.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

It was 97 degrees in Camarillo on Tuesday, surpassing the daily temperature record by a whopping 11 degrees and the all-time March record by 3 degrees.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

A whopping $432 billion of that cash flow was driven by stock-based compensation, according to his math.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Halliday’s first computer had been a TRS-80, with a whopping 16K of RAM.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline