colossus
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After spending two decades molding Disney into a media colossus, Iger segued into a senior advisory role, which will run through December when he officially retires.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Instead, it points to a quieter colossus: households.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
The U.S. bestrode the world like a colossus, and manufacturing was central to our dominance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
"Uini is someone who showed the right path through his actions -- and always with a smile," said Galthie about the New Zealand-born colossus.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
They tell the story of the birth of science, of its infancy, and of its extraordinary transformation into the great colossus under whose shadow we all now live.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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