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leviathan

[li-vahy-uh-thuhn] / lɪˈvaɪ ə θən /




NOUN
behemoth
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Once the leviathan of profit for companies like Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific, pelvic mesh was now the white whale of liability for mass tort plaintiffs’ attorneys.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

It expanded into a $1.8 trillion leviathan through a series of big-ticket mergers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

What an extraordinary signing the Japanese leviathan has been, what a goals haul, what joy he has sparked among the Celtic support.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2023

Commissioner Roger Goodell’s NFL is an economic leviathan, by far the most popular sports league in the United States.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2023

Her virtuous, pale-blue, saucerlike eyes flooded with leviathan tears on unexpected occasions and made Yossarian mad.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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