colossal
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He told reporters that there had been a "colossal breach of trust".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Designed to rival China's investments around the Indian Ocean, New Delhi's colossal project will be built on Great Nicobar Island, a site offering a naval presence far closer to Southeast Asia than India's mainland.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
The colossal concrete building, which floats over the corridor and has been likened by some to a freeway overpass, shielded visitors from the bright sun.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
While both are scarce, there are some differences between the colossal machines that produce semiconductors and the children’s toys that produce howls of pain when stepped on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
The walls, the paneling, the pervasive heaviness of nearly new fixtures, the colossal firedogs, the walk-in fireplaces of bright new stone referred back through the centuries to a time of lonely castles in mute forests.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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