crawl
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We also have the whole basement and crawl spaces covered in mold-protecting wall covering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
With the construction of homes, stadiums and other buildings throughout the county, bats have adapted to roosting in spaces such as the eaves of homes or in crawl spaces, Curti said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
One approach being tested involves robots that can crawl across the seafloor.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Yet on Friday, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield’s rapid move toward the crucial 5% threshold suddenly slowed to a crawl.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 13, 2026
Cars went at a crawl, their lights on and wipers squeaking at top speed.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Today, dragons and dungeon crawls are common entertainments.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
The Red Car line that used to service the area crawls through traffic that includes a Model T and horse-drawn carriages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
OpenAI crawls the web with bots to build an index for ChatGPT, just like Google does.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
The West Midlands Peaky Blinder Group, which arranges monthly meet-ups and pub crawls for show enthusiasts, has grown to 44,000 members since being set up in 2018.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025
Hair crawls all over his head, culminating in a black wiry beard uncoiling in every direction at once.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
A woman was close by talking to him, she said, before "he jumped in and crawled in front of the tiger, where the tiger was perched and just lay there".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Phoebe said she was told by staff to try and get her wheelchair through the train aisle, but it did not fit so she crawled through three carriages.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Suki, who had been with her new family only a few weeks, had crawled into an opening in an entertainment center cabinet and could not get out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The play’s nadir comes at the close of the first act, when Judith suddenly returns, looking as if she has just crawled out of the Potomac, as indeed she has.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
If the water was too deep, she would have to hold her breath until she crawled to a shallow place.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
“I’ll have to come crawling back to the traditional entertainment industry, hoping that I still have a place there,” he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The aim is to make the AI assistants now writing code, crawling the internet and booking appointments on our behalf a little more approachable, distinct and trustworthy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Staff reported that there was a male adult creeping and crawling around the aisles,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Footage shared by the country's prime minister office shows soliders carrying survivors and crawling across thick slates of mud to reach others.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Huge black velvety spiders, as big as Strong Jonn's hand, crawling over vast webs of white silk that draped the trees so thickly that the bark and leaves were hidden.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
