gorilla
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“They are the proverbial 800-pound gorilla in the room, and so it’s hard to move them out of the way,” said Trevor Walsh, a senior research analyst at Citizens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 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
What’s more intimidating, an 800-pound gorilla or a horde of small ones?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
I watched the mother gorilla picking the bugs off her baby for a good five minutes before Liz cleared her throat.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
That was one of the best Christmases I’ve ever had, spending Christmas with the gorillas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Extraordinary, because gorillas, from my understanding, are kind of the best of humanity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The sample included gorillas, orangutans, macaques, colobus monkeys, fossil apes and more.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
Memorably, the penultimate episode found Attenborough playing with and being groomed by a group of mountain gorillas, which he later described as "one of the most exciting encounters of my life".
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
I expect to see gorillas, but none appear.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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