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gorilla

[guh-ril-uh] / gəˈrɪl ə /










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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

"The 800 lb gorilla of television comedy for fifty years, he was beloved by everyone, and has left not a mark but a footprint," he wrote.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 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

One mom gorilla smashed her face right up against the window so me and her were face-to-face, and she slobbered all over the glass.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

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

To investigate, researchers analyzed laughter recordings from four orangutans, two gorillas, three bonobos, four chimpanzees, and four humans.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 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

There was no one else but us at Congo, so we could watch the gorillas for as long as we wanted, without anybody or their baby pushing in front of us.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff


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