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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

Before you go up to them you learn how to speak gorilla, and there’s just something about the communication aspect that really speaks to me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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

The agents have stopped this last group from making a run for the elevators because a group of scary-looking gorilla hybrids are close to breaking through the line of agents protecting the escape route.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

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

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

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

The sample included gorillas, orangutans, macaques, colobus monkeys, fossil apes and more.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026

The song compares clubbers to jungle animals, and he's accompanied on stage by gorillas and lions.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

He beckoned the first beastkeepers in line as they struggled to guide a pair of silverback gorillas into the tent by their harnesses.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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