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The Lake County Division of Transportation announced earlier this month a mammoth $98 million construction program focused on maintaining and updating county roads and bridges.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026 -
Prada 2 is the sequel to the 2006 dramedy film, an adaptation of the 2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger which made a mammoth $327 million at the global box office and became something of a pop culture phenomenon.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
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In 2019, Joe Biden vowed never to raise taxes on people earning less than $400,000 a year—a colossal sum, even in Greenwich, Connecticut, or Cupertino, California.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Amid colossal spending on AI, many of these new startups are raising hundreds of millions within months of being founded.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Jordan’s prodigious output set a National Basketball Association playoff record, eclipsing Elgin Baylor’s 61 points against the Celtics on April 14, 1962.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Catherine, whose own prodigious talents have never been publicly acknowledged, dropped out of school to tend him.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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And that's when their calculations revealed that these animals were probably gargantuan — well larger than the giant Pacific octopus, today's biggest member of the family whose arm span often exceeds 13 feet.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2026
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Proctor will more than likely be put opposite Patrick Paul, who had a promising season as the Dolphins first-year starting left tackle in 2025, could create gargantuan bookends for the offensive line considering Proctor is 6-foot-6, 352 pounds and Paul is 6-foot-7, 326 pounds.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The group is expected to ring up collectively for about $450 million, an enormous sum in any market, but a truly titanic one in a shaky moment in the art market and the global economy.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Pep Guardiola’s side came out on top when the pair faced off against each other at the Etihad Stadium last weekend, but victory in such a titanic battle does not guarantee glory by the end of the season.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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While the mission was designed with dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets in mind, Roman’s unprecedented observational capability will offer practically limitless opportunities for astronomers to explore all kinds of cosmic topics.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Superman's cousin Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock) gets her own cosmic DC superhero adventure.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Now, as spring has sprung on the Connecticut shoreline, yellow, red and white tulips tucked inside red, yellow and orange rain boots, along with gigantic orange and pink peonies, have sprouted in the 8-foot plate glass windows at Lily’s, 8 Post Office Square.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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Following the brutal death of two local teenagers, all clues point to Norway’s deepest fjord, where a gigantic mythical monster is hiding.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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The five-story Osaka Castle, a recreation of the original keep (which was destroyed on several occasions), is built on solid cyclopean foundations, with mint green roof tiles and golden accoutrements that bear striking similarities with Nagoya Castle.—
CNN,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2022
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The wall was built with a range of construction techniques, including cyclopean masonry.—
Isis Davis-Marks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Aug. 2021
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“Bunyanesque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Bunyanesque. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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