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crab

[krab] / kræb /




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Earlier this week, Anthropic hosted a limited giveaway of “Clawd” plushies and stickers — a reference to the pixelated crab logo featured in the Claude Code terminal tool.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

Anthropic staffer Sam McAllister built the retro, pixelated crab known as Clawd with code in Claude and used it to showcase some of the product’s features in a 2024 demo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The contrasting styles and materials of the individual elements elevate each work into an invigorating whole—a pensive portrait, for example, is given a frisson of danger thanks to the spiky crab shells that surround it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

But the waves can be unforgiving in December, which is when the crab season opens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Then he cut long blades of tough crab grass, and sat cross-legged on the ground tearing the grass lengthwise so that each blade became many strands.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

She also shaved her head — all to add authenticity as her queen evolved from youth to crabbed old age.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

In this crabbed and narrow view of things, the prime offender was the Pop art typified by Andy Warhol, whose 1970 retrospective caused a hubbub at the organizing Pasadena Museum of Art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2022

But it is quite another for the judiciary to apply that same crabbed conception to speech beyond the school setting.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2021

Conversely, the cynical prognosticators who used to seem crabbed and paranoid just keep getting proven right.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2020

The missing toes on his left foot had left him with a crabbed, awkward gait, comical to look upon.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The transmission malfunctioned in his 1978 boat, Miss Julie, which he also uses for crabbing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

A GoFundMe set up in Meadows’ name described the deckhand from Montesano, Wash., as a father to “three amazing little boys” who died “while doing what he loved — crabbing out on Alaskan waters.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

Benjamin Cullis, from Padstow, had been fishing and crabbing with his family when he fell off the harbour wall and hit his head on the side of a yacht on 24 June 2023.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2024

When McArthur and Burris were filming the “Marsh Ruins,” they fielded warnings from the men crabbing on the pier.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2023

From November to March, he was tonging for oysters, and from late April into the fall, he was crabbing.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson


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