gorilla
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There sits the studio, an austere black cube jutting into the countryside, guarded by a giant sculpture of a gorilla.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The Nvidia gorilla is so big, the debt required to keep it growing so huge, that the cost of everything from bonds to mortgages is creeping up.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Before you go up to them you learn how to speak gorilla, and there’s just something about the communication aspect that really speaks to me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three chimpanzees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The gorilla line apparently split off slightly before the split between the chimp and the human lines.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Taylor-Joy, who splits time between London and Los Angeles with her American musician husband, Malcolm McRae, talked about overcoming insomnia, greeting gorillas and meditating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Extraordinary, because gorillas, from my understanding, are kind of the best of humanity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The sample included gorillas, orangutans, macaques, colobus monkeys, fossil apes and more.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
Attenborough's natural history series, such as "Life on Earth", in which he had a famous encounter with mountain gorillas in Rwanda, have brought the most remote corners of the planet into living rooms worldwide.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Most of the cages were patches of dirt surrounded by iron bars, with forlorn gorillas or restless bears or irritable monkeys or anxious gazelles huddled in the corners.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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