whopping

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It’s easily the most popular choice of the bunch with a whopping $1.5 trillion in assets between its ETF and traditional mutual fund versions.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 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

Weapons star Amy Madigan, meanwhile, is nominated for the second time, a whopping 40 years after her first nomination, for the aptly named Twice in a Lifetime.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

On Tuesday, he didn’t make even half of his shots, and he trudged to the free-throw line a whopping 43 times, connecting on 36 of those attempts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

He also reportedly told a college audience that 45 homeless people die each second—which would mean a whopping 1.4 billion dead homeless every year.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt