Goliath
noun
Go·li·ath
gə-ˈlī-əth 
1
: a Philistine champion who in I Samuel 17 is killed by David
2
: giant
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Examples of Goliath in a Sentence
the family-owned company lost the contract to a multibillion-dollar Goliath
Recent Examples on the Web
In this version, Goliath is Temecula and David is the San Diego winery scene.
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2024
This David versus Goliath dynamic that pitted the powerful United States against a small developing country enhanced the Sandinista project’s international allure.
—TIME, 2 May 2024
All went as planned for Goliath but for one tiny, itsy-bitsy detail.
—Judith Regan, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
The story of David and Goliath aside, given the huge profits that the fossil fuel industry has been realizing, is there a mismatch between the companies and climate activists?
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Abruzzo described a back-and-forth that’s not unlike a David and Goliath story, if Goliath was simply trying to run out the clock and leave David high and dry.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
As a tour guide lectures on Caravaggio’s David With the Head of Goliath, Tom Ripley drifts toward the painting.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Harassment comes in many shapes and forms but the harassment that takes place here is a type that’s there, openly visible to all: David vs Goliath.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
But, in March of 2021, the undisputed Goliath of women's college basketball, UConn, was too much.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2024
This David versus Goliath dynamic that pitted the powerful United States against a small developing country enhanced the Sandinista project’s international allure.
—TIME, 2 May 2024
All went as planned for Goliath but for one tiny, itsy-bitsy detail.
—Judith Regan, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
The story of David and Goliath aside, given the huge profits that the fossil fuel industry has been realizing, is there a mismatch between the companies and climate activists?
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Abruzzo described a back-and-forth that’s not unlike a David and Goliath story, if Goliath was simply trying to run out the clock and leave David high and dry.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
As a tour guide lectures on Caravaggio’s David With the Head of Goliath, Tom Ripley drifts toward the painting.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Harassment comes in many shapes and forms but the harassment that takes place here is a type that’s there, openly visible to all: David vs Goliath.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
But, in March of 2021, the undisputed Goliath of women's college basketball, UConn, was too much.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Goliath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Goliath. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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