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a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
the loan shark sent a couple of gorillas to "convince" him to pay up
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Recent Examples of gorillas
Brookfield Zoo has relocated its gorillas to prepare them for their new $66 million habitat opening this summer.
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Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
Orangutans and gorillas, for instance, are estimated to take approximately 99% of their annual diet from plant sources.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
For instance, gorillas and orangutans have been shown to be less active, less agile and less behaviorally nuanced than chimpanzees.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
In other words, the energy available to orangutans and gorillas may not be sufficient to support greater levels of activity and social behavior—and meat might be to blame.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Being able to observe dissections of gorillas, orangutans and other animals from zoos, for example, gave Matternes an excellent grounding as a comparative anatomist who is able to build out the look of a creature from the bones to the skin.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Body of knowledge Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Seeing it three or more times—as is the case for booze bottles, monkeys and gorillas, elephants, and many other subjects and objects in Pollock's paintings—makes those images very unlikely to be randomly provoked perceptions without any basis in reality.
—Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
After a confident and charming pilot, the show wastes no time in getting weird — from psychic gorillas to time travel to a walking nuclear weapon (Firestorm).
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
Orangutans and gorillas, for instance, are estimated to take approximately 99% of their annual diet from plant sources.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
For instance, gorillas and orangutans have been shown to be less active, less agile and less behaviorally nuanced than chimpanzees.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
In other words, the energy available to orangutans and gorillas may not be sufficient to support greater levels of activity and social behavior—and meat might be to blame.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Being able to observe dissections of gorillas, orangutans and other animals from zoos, for example, gave Matternes an excellent grounding as a comparative anatomist who is able to build out the look of a creature from the bones to the skin.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Body of knowledge Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Seeing it three or more times—as is the case for booze bottles, monkeys and gorillas, elephants, and many other subjects and objects in Pollock's paintings—makes those images very unlikely to be randomly provoked perceptions without any basis in reality.
—Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
After a confident and charming pilot, the show wastes no time in getting weird — from psychic gorillas to time travel to a walking nuclear weapon (Firestorm).
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gorillas
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But even as the ways criminals use ransomware are set to evolve, the actual makeup of the technology isn’t expected to change too drastically in the coming years.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
30 Dec. 2024
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The regulation, which would require small businesses to disclose the identity of people who directly or indirectly own a control a company, is designed to prevent criminals from hiding illicit activity conducted through shell companies or opaque ownership structures, the Treasury said.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
30 Dec. 2024
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The next big bad in Jared Leto's motley crew of sinister screen villains has finally been announced.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
21 Dec. 2024
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Cultural differences of the region, like a vast foaming, bubbling cauldron, spit out heroes and villains, legends and lore.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Cemeteries, too, will do a land office business, not only with dead gangsters, but innocents too, caught in the cross fire.—
Walter E Block,
Orange County Register,
22 Mar. 2025
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Plus, the coffers of gangsters will rise.—
Walter E Block,
Orange County Register,
22 Mar. 2025
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The film itself lacks much of the original’s charms (here, the dogs don’t speak), and John Hughes’ so-so script borrows heavily from his earlier film Home Alone, right down to the two fumbling bandits (Hugh Laurie and Mark Williams, playing Cruella’s henchmen).—
Staff Author,
EW.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, the prince has his own group of seven bandits, in which people with dwarfism are represented.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Director also trains young girls to be ballerina-assassins, and one young ballerina (played by Unity Phelan) is shown rehearsing in the scene.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
19 Mar. 2025
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For some reason, filmmakers have long been of the opinion that hired assassins are just like us, worried about such things as getting older and job security.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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In particular, bail reform policies that let low-level offenders back on the streets were repeatedly blamed for the rash of crimes.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Sanctuary means anyone who is the victim of a crime or witness to crime should report it to the police and fully cooperate in the investigation to arrest and prosecute the offenders without worrying that an immigration problem will be the result of coming forward.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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