ants
Example Sentences
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"All the birds have gone to bed," he said, adding that a flock of seagulls and choughs had been feeding on flying ants shortly before they returned to the cliffs.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Leaving a trail of destruction in their wake are introduced pests: fire ants, cane toads, rabbits, foxes, feral cats.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“We’re ants, we’re nothing,” I remember him saying, sizing up the state of the American left.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Adaptations over millions of years gradually shifted what were once egg-laying organs into the venom-delivering weapons that bees, ants and wasps now use to protect their colonies—and food stores—from predators and competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
“We follow the ants, because all ants go back to Valmiki.”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
