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creeper

[kree-per] / ˈkri pər /
NOUN
runner
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Not one creeper seems to doubt that the others have a soul.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025

Kittelberger photographed the pictured 'Akikiki, also called Kauai's creeper, in the Alaka'i Wilderness Preserve in 2022, when it was believed around 70 or so remained in the wild; today, only one individual remains.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024

A short teaser trailer shows a green creeper character from the game scuttle into the middle of a black screen before exploding in a pixelated grey cloud.

From BBC ● May 30, 2024

Wes Craven went from a genre journeyman to a horror icon — and launched one of the most venerable slasher franchises ever — with this 1984 creeper.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022

“You have just heard the sound of a brown creeper and a common yellowthroat!” he told us.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

The vine puts out long creepers that since ancient times have been trained upward between poplar trees.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2023

He teamed it with a silver neck chain and earring plus white brothel creepers for extra height.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2022

Plot twist: Vegas has been overrun by zombies— not the shambling, mindless creepers from The Walking Dead, mind you; these zombies are organized and smart.

From The Verge ● Apr. 18, 2021

And because it came from Rihanna’s brain herself, you couldn’t get a pair of those creepers if you tried.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2020

They found a piglet caught in a curtain of creepers, throwing itself at the elastic traces in all the madness of extreme terror.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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