elephant
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The elephant in the room will be the inability by both countries to seal their long-awaited trade deal, experts say.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
The banks also addressed the elephant in the room, about how AI agents that the banks are helping finance could end up eating away at their deposit business.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Lewin captured this dreamy, black-and-white photo of a young bull elephant spraying zebras at a waterhole.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
These animals can be dangerous, same as a grizzly bear or elephant, but people tend to value sharks a lot less.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
From the mountainsides echoed the harsh donkey bray of gentoo penguins, the screech of skuas, and the bellowing of elephant seals.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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Working alongside Zapashny -- a big-cat trainer and fourth-generation member of the Zapashny circus dynasty -- Deforge is also planning to present a brand-new show featuring seven elephants to the public "soon".
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
He has used giraffes, hippos, rhinos, camels and zebras, and now has both bisons and elephants at the Great Moscow Circus, which opened during the Soviet era.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
While tracking elephants in Namibia's Huab River Valley, Veronesi spotted an unusual trail of drag marks across the sand of a dry riverbed.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Botswana has more than 130,000 elephants and communities living alongside them have long complained about animals destroying crops, damaging property and sometimes killing people.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The tissue paper cutouts boasted little elephants, pigs, cows, snakes, and roosters.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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