gorilla
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But it’s not an easy decision, Suk added, because Meta “is the 800-pound gorilla in the room” when it comes to online advertising.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026
"Unlock the gorilla in the cage, it has to come out," he says.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
“The competitive reality is that the Chinese are the 700-pound gorilla in the EV industry,” Ford CEO Jim Farley told me in an interview last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
But as Benchmark analyst Daniel Kurnos says: “No one likes it when an 800-pound gorilla comes sniffing around.”
From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026
This morning, for some reason, there is no gorilla show on TV.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
