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crawl

[krawl] / krɔl /




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With the construction of homes, stadiums and other buildings throughout the county, bats have adapted to roosting in spaces such as the eaves of homes or in crawl spaces, Curti said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

One approach being tested involves robots that can crawl across the seafloor.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Yet on Friday, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield’s rapid move toward the crucial 5% threshold suddenly slowed to a crawl.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 13, 2026

Here, marmots crawl inside vehicles to chew hoses and lap up fluid, sometimes disabling cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The whole experience made my skin crawl, and I flashed back to Regan talking about how uncomfortable watching recaps made her feel.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

And sheer uncertainty abounds over how to handle raw fruits and veggies while this parasite crawls about.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

She climbs, she crawls, she leaps, she runs like the Santa Ana wind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

OpenAI crawls the web with bots to build an index for ChatGPT, just like Google does.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

As she crawls, screams, scratches and sneers, Lawrence maintains a soulful balance between Grace’s creeping delirium and her ceaseless dedication to her newborn son.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025

Malia asks as she crawls onto her bed and hugs her stuffed narwhal.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

An injured climber crawled down a portion of Mt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

The play’s nadir comes at the close of the first act, when Judith suddenly returns, looking as if she has just crawled out of the Potomac, as indeed she has.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Roa and his companions initially crawled and then cut a hole to reach the site.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

So, while the Dodgers crawled out of the hole with a season-high 17 hits, the steep cost heightens the pressure on the rest of the rotation the rest of the series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

Bees crawled all over her head and arms and even her face, but she didn’t flinch, and soon they all flew away, back to their honey log.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

After many minutes of crawling to try and escape the "hell hole that I was in", Berriff emerged from under the rubble.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

“Staff reported that there was a male adult creeping and crawling around the aisles,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

They want AI agents crawling through messages to have unfettered access to every update on products, earnings and strategic initiatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

There, crawling on eight legs across the white sheets toward us, sporting a single dot on its back, was a deep-red, plump tick.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Basically, if you get your jollies crawling on your hands and knees digging up fossilized poop, then you’ll really love an office full of the real thing—smell included.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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