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Rakesh Reddy told AFP that seven jumbos were killed, and one elephant sustained an injury.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

It will hold 25% more volume than Boeing’s existing freighter and is emerging as an heir to the plane-maker’s humpbacked 747 jumbos that have hauled goods across the North Pacific for decades.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2021

The airline also expects to bring five of its A380 super jumbos back into service by the middle of next year to meet high demand for flights to Los Angeles and London.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2021

Lewinsky told her official biographer that Tripp had the jumbos because she wanted to appear loyal to the administration.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2018

All my cousins would gather in the courtyard between my house and Geoffrey’s house to kick the soccer ball—made from plastic shopping bags we called jumbos, which we then bound in twine.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba