colossal
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Mick Cater, who booked the concerts on behalf of Island Records, told Mr. Salewicz: “Bob never really sold colossal amounts of records. But he sold concert tickets by the wheelbarrow-load.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Times described it as "a masterpiece in every way", and the Standard praised the film as a "colossal piece of cinema".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Now, those cash reserves are shrinking, and investors’ patience for Silicon Valley’s colossal spending spree is set to be tested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The influx is heaping "colossal pressure" on the cities, he warned in separate comments last year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
There was a grandeur about the day, about the colossal, barely stirring beeches and oaks, and the light that dropped like jewels through the fresh foliage to make pools among last years dead leaves.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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