elephant
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Sometimes, the letter writer may be asking the wrong question about the right problem, or they could be ignoring the elephant in the room.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
Eventually passengers were able to leave the ship zipping away on Zodiac boats and make their way to the island to see its main residents: penguins, fur seals and elephant seals.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
"They all came to where the elephant had died," Arkoful says.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
“He didn’t address the elephant in the room,” one delegate told me, referring to the Piker controversy.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026
And Mutti was right, she was the sweetest elephant in the world, so gentle.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Vocabulary lists containing elephant
East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - Introductory
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East Asia - High School
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