creeping

But rarely is that actually the case, and that’s why the creeping demise of the editorial cartoon has left such a hole in our news consumption.

That is the result of the carceral state, whereby ICE and the National Guard prowl the streets, creeping out normal people going about their business.

And what does this apparent creeping of media power in those regions mean in an age with a shifting world order?

Adaptations of King books have been around for decades, but few promise the kind of slow, creeping dread this premise invites and the political overtones of militarized spectacle are hard to miss.

I wasn’t sure what scared me more, the thought of the tourists being attacked, or the way they were all so nonchalant in the face of danger creeping right up to them.