gorilla
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The bottom line: Even with a 22% haircut in 2032, Social Security will remain the 800-pound gorilla when it comes to retirement income security.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three chimpanzees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
As Benchmark analyst Daniel Kurnos wrote, and Barron’s reported, at the time, “no one likes it when an 800-pound gorilla comes sniffing around.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
What’s more intimidating, an 800-pound gorilla or a horde of small ones?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
So I thought about that one: After I decided to go to Reardan, I felt like an invisible mountain gorilla scientist.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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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
That was one of the best Christmases I’ve ever had, spending Christmas with the gorillas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
To investigate, researchers analyzed laughter recordings from four orangutans, two gorillas, three bonobos, four chimpanzees, and four humans.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
Memorably, the penultimate episode found Attenborough playing with and being groomed by a group of mountain gorillas, which he later described as "one of the most exciting encounters of my life".
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
There were ten of us—my father, the silverback; my mother and three other adult females; a juvenile male called a blackback; and two other young gorillas.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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