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Goliath

[ guh-lahy-uhth ]

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noun

(in the Bible) the giant warrior of the Philistines whom David killed with a stone from a sling.
Usually goliath. a giant.
Usually goliath. a very large, powerful, or influential person or thing:
a neighborhood grocery competing against the supermarket goliaths.

Goliath

/ ɡəˈ��ɪəθ /

noun

Old Testament a Philistine giant from Gath who terrorized the Hebrews until he was killed by David with a stone from his sling (I Samuel 17)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Goliath¹

Ultimately from Hebrew ��ō��ٳ�, of uncertain origin

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Against that Goliath, attorneys seeking to represent victims present themselves as a latter-day David, with Crump and Brockovich, who is not a lawyer, as some of their most visible leaders.

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A woman in 2001 died after a preexisting aneurysm burst while she was riding the Goliath roller coaster, the county coroner’s office said.

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"Lee faced a David versus Goliath battle against the Post Office and we are fully ready to take this all the way to the high court should we need to," says his lawyer, Simon Goldberg.

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Although David’s name looms large in the show’s title, Goliath is revealed to be more than merely his size.

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Netflix said Toxic Town focused on mothers who fought a "David and Goliath battle for justice".

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goliardery Goliathan

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