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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

Three of his brothers are also actors, including Bill Skarsgard, who played Pennywise, the creeper clown in the “It” movies; another brother is a doctor who kept them apprised of developments in the Covid crisis.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022

Jack lifted his head and stared at the inscrutable masses of creeper that lay across the trail.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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