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humongous

[hyoo-muhng-guhs, -mong-, yoo-] / hjuˈmʌŋ gəs, -ˈmɒŋ-, ju- /


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All eyes turned to the Permian, a humongous oil field that spans West Texas and New Mexico and pumps roughly half of the country’s crude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

She remains recumbent for an entire number, singing to a skeleton, before the bones around her reveal themselves as dancers in masks, convulsing to the humongous bassline synths of “Disease.”

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

I’m from DOJ and I spent a lot of time there so take this with a grain of salt, but this is humongous in DOJ’s history.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2025

Naila: Being blessed because there’s just so many people who’ve helped us, and we have our house, and that’s just a humongous blessing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

In the dream I was alone in a small wooden boat, hooked up to a humongous tarpon that was dragging me out to sea.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen




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