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ant

[ant] / ænt /




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Trees occupied by wasps also consistently had much smaller ant colonies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

He says he felt like an ant walking into the huge facility on his first day in prison; the guard towers reminded him of skyscrapers.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The erratic ant was named for its "high-energy foraging behaviour which sees it scamper with meandering and unpredictable movements", she added.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Using financial tools such as debt and derivatives, these ETFs enabled ant investors to double their bets on Samsung and SK Hynix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

It was pocked all over with little funnel-shaped snares, where the ant lions lay buried at the bottom, waiting for some poor insect to stumble into the trap and get devoured.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

For at least 10 million years, these "ant-plants" have maintained a close partnership with ants.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The relationship between ants and these tropical plants represents just one of thousands of tightly connected ecological partnerships found in tropical ecosystems.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Most of the ants were imported from the US, while some came from Thailand, the ministry said.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Workers swarmed the mound of metal like ants on a hill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The trench was not wet; there were more ants than spiders.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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