colossal
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“It was a colossal headache. I hope I don’t have to go through it again,” said Silva, who at one point considered canceling the whole project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Fast forward to the last few days and along come these colossal donations from Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, two cryptocurrency billionaires who until recently lived in Hong Kong and Thailand respectively.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
A week on from the colossal disaster, Nepali rescuers remained hopeful about finding survivors, particularly in multiple tunnels of hydropower plants across the region.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
At the moment, McKinney holds the edge, sitting in first place halfway through the four-day tournament after bringing in a 30-pound bag of smallmouth Friday—a colossal, record-breaking haul for a smallmouth fishery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
It seemed a preposterous way to confront the colossal power of the United States government.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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