behemoth
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But thousands of men were pouring into Redding to build the dam — a 602-foot concrete behemoth that irrigates millions of acres of Central Valley farmland — and they sure worked up an appetite.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Stamps and signatures from every home club Tony has visited line the pages of his precious scrapbook, a behemoth record of the ultimate football groundhopping adventure.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Citigroup, a global banking behemoth, posted a respectable 52% gain over the past year and trades 12% below its most recent 52-week high, a good showing versus peers.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
UBS took over Credit Suisse with government backing, giving it more heft globally but making it a behemoth in its home country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
So far away, it looks half the size of the behemoth in front of us.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Vocabulary lists containing behemoth
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Vocabulary from the First Presidential Debate: September 26, 2016
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