leviathan
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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
Here is Melville’s literary leviathan fantastically adorned with more than 270 of Kent’s black-and-white illustrations, many of them a full page in size.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
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
Behind the dais a kraken and grey leviathan were locked in battle beneath the painted waves.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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