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However, a February 3 TikTok video showed that despite her breed's stereotype, Maeve is a gentle giant.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Over the decades, relations between the two superpowers have ebbed and flowed, but panda diplomacy has, for the most part, been a consistent sign of goodwill between China and the United States, who've loaned and hosted, respectively, the gentle giants over the better part of the last 53 years.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
Despite their immense size, these gentle giants are filter feeders, primarily consuming plankton, small fish, and other tiny organisms by swimming with their mouths open to filter food from the water.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Particularly appealing is Andrii, a gentle giant who found his niche working with animals after years of homelessness and addiction.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Over the decades, relations between the two superpowers have ebbed and flowed, but panda diplomacy has, for the most part, been a consistent sign of goodwill between China and the United States, who've loaned and hosted, respectively, the gentle giants over the better part of the last 53 years.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
Despite their immense size, these gentle giants are filter feeders, primarily consuming plankton, small fish, and other tiny organisms by swimming with their mouths open to filter food from the water.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Particularly appealing is Andrii, a gentle giant who found his niche working with animals after years of homelessness and addiction.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Gentle giant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gentle%20giant. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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