- plural of ant.
ants
Example Sentences
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While pregnant, Natasha says her room became infested with ants, which she repeatedly reported before eventually being moved into another room.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
"All the birds have gone to bed," he said, adding that a flock of seagulls and choughs had been feeding on flying ants shortly before they returned to the cliffs.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
However, nearly all of that pattern can be traced to one particular group: the aculeate Hymenoptera, which includes stinging wasps, bees and ants.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
“We’re ants, we’re nothing,” I remember him saying, sizing up the state of the American left.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Even insects, such as bees and ants, know how to communicate in sophisticated ways, informing one another of the whereabouts of food.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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