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She hired some gorilla as her bodyguard.
the loan shark sent a couple of gorillas to “convince” him to pay up
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Neal Rubin used to own a gorilla suit, but has never dressed as a lion.
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Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
The setup risks absurdity—the cast (which includes Nathan) essentially wears gorilla suits—but the premise is developed with meticulous and quasi-biological specificity, anthropological rigor, and imaginative speculation about the creatures’ emotions and senses of selfhood.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
And then a man in a gorilla suit would run through.
—Mike Sacks, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Moroccan was later seen wearing a full gorilla suit as the family walked around together.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
The setup risks absurdity—the cast (which includes Nathan) essentially wears gorilla suits—but the premise is developed with meticulous and quasi-biological specificity, anthropological rigor, and imaginative speculation about the creatures’ emotions and senses of selfhood.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
And then a man in a gorilla suit would run through.
—Mike Sacks, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Moroccan was later seen wearing a full gorilla suit as the family walked around together.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Gorilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gorilla. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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gorilla
noun
go·ril·la
gə-ˈril-ə 
: a typically black ape of equatorial Africa that is much larger but stands less erect than the related chimpanzee
Etymology
derived from Greek Gorillai, a name used by ancient explorers for what they thought was a tribe of hairy women in Africa
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