elephant
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The banks also addressed the elephant in the room, about how AI agents that the banks are helping finance could end up eating away at their deposit business.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
He subsequently accepted an offer from Great Moscow Circus director Edgard Zapashny to join the team as an elephant trainer.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
But after sharing his photographs with an elephant research project working in the area, he learned that this wasn't certain.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
These animals can be dangerous, same as a grizzly bear or elephant, but people tend to value sharks a lot less.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
“This is my dad. He was killed by an elephant when I was thirteen. He was quite a guy too.”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Working alongside Zapashny -- a big-cat trainer and fourth-generation member of the Zapashny circus dynasty -- Deforge is also planning to present a brand-new show featuring seven elephants to the public "soon".
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
He has used giraffes, hippos, rhinos, camels and zebras, and now has both bisons and elephants at the Great Moscow Circus, which opened during the Soviet era.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
One elephant was left with Olivia-Grace, and the family kept the other elephant, because "elephants never forget".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Botswana-based Elephant Protection Society warns the decision could undermine conservation, with its chairman Oaitse Nawa telling the BBC elephants needed greater protection.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
“I liked it, too. Although the advice about following the smell of elephants did nearly get me run over by a carriage.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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