crawling

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Meanwhile, the collective capital expenditures of Nvidia’s hyperscaler customers is crawling toward $700 billion, and that’s a good sign that spending will continue to grow, Schneider noted.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Oceans were filled with fish, while land was home to amphibians, early reptiles, crawling arthropods, and even giant cockroaches.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

Greta Schlender, 41, senior product manager: We’re doing Army crawling on the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The report, seen by the BBC, said: "There were signs of decomposition present... maggots were seen crawling on his body."

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

As far as she knew, the wise old founder had never had to flee actors dressed as pirates by crawling through a dank, dark tunnel into the British Museum after hours.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood