colossus
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Honda grew into a worldwide automotive colossus from humble roots.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Weak domestic demand and huge government production incentives have created an industrial colossus that exports an estimated $2 trillion more manufactured goods than it imports.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 colossus clocks in at more than 1,200 pages in most English-language editions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
During his tenure, Hastings oversaw the substantial growth of the streaming colossus.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
The colossus strikes the temple, which collapses, and Mangogul stirs.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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