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elephant

[el-uh-fuhnt] / ˈɛl ə fənt /
NOUN
large mammal
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That elephant doesn’t really exist in the ordinary sense.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

On Monday, the climate-vulnerable Alliance of Small Island States said countries could not keep ignoring "the elephant in the room" and warned that anything short of winding down fossil fuels was "papering over the cracks".

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

That includes my first wilderness campsite near Ford Point, where a several-thousand-pound elephant seal roused me from slumber with its jarring bark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Instead the Saracens boss picks the elephant in the trophy cabinet.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

“I have known this elephant ever since she was born. She is as gentle as a kitten, I promise you.”

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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