crawl

Example Sentences

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As the Mamdani era nears its sixth month, City Hall’s search for a chief executive to run the Economic Development Corporation is moving at a crawl.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

"I would prefer to crawl into one of Comey's conversant shells than write a column supporting him," Turley wrote in a column for Fox News.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Prosecutors say organizer Stefan Pildes donated a fraction of the $2.7 million that the notorious bar crawl raised from 2019 to 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

SantaCon’s conniving leader gives New Yorkers another reason to hate the yearly bar crawl.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

So I just let them crawl all over me, their tiny chant ringing in my ears: “Gold, gold, gold!”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff