as in whales
something that is unusually large and powerful the winner in the contest for biggest pumpkin was a jumbo that weighed in at over a thousand pounds
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Our days were spent beach combing on semi-secret islands with up-close views of whales, porpoises, and eagles.—
Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
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That will give commercial crabbers using traditional vertical lines — the ones that can entangle migrating whales — a little less than two weeks to wrap up their seasons in San Francisco and Half Moon Bay.— Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
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For Cook, Apple's privacy-first approach to user data has long been a differentiator compared to other tech giants like Meta and Google, which specialize in letting brands target users with ads.— Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
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And that’s worked to Apple’s advantage as investors have shopped for an alternative to volatile tech giants scrambling to outspend one another on data centers and circular financing deals.— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
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Small plastic children’s toys lined at the top of the car — dinosaurs and dump trucks and sharks — creating their own shrunken skyline in front of the Vertigo, signaling that young kids likely lived there.— Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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Though not as big or catastrophic as the asteroid theorized to have wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, Apophis would cause widespread destruction up to several hundred kilometers from its impact site.— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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In India, the Queen showed her appreciation for the country by touring the Taj Mahal and riding an elephant.— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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Migrating zebras and noisy elephants Arriving at Leroo La Tau Lodge, perched on the western flank of Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, brought a cluster of surprises.— Lucie Grace, TheWeek, 17 Apr. 2026
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So many of my favorite filmmakers over the years have been exposed as monsters.— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2026
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No further films in the series are planned, though Universal did repurpose the name Dark Universe for an area of its Epic Universe theme park featuring the classic monsters.— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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