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creeper

[kree-per] / ˈkri pər /
NOUN
runner
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The control he wields over his movies, which include the 2022 psychological creeper “Enys Men,” is in service of stories with a brittle, intentionally imperfect quality.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

In the past few weeks, flowers, messages and cuddly toys have grown like a creeper on the chain link fence at the entrance of Old Timers town camp in Australia's Northern Territory.

From BBC May 15, 2026

Kittelberger photographed the pictured 'Akikiki, also called Kauai's creeper, in the Alaka'i Wilderness Preserve in 2022, when it was believed around 70 or so remained in the wild; today, only one individual remains.

From Science Daily Nov. 27, 2024

Native to North America, they also eat small berries from our native plants such as Virginia creeper.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 2023

Then the wave came back, the gully boiled before them and spray dashed up to the very creeper so that the boys were wet and shrieking.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

With no shame, we became the ultimate creepers.

From Washington Post Jun. 2, 2022

He teamed it with a silver neck chain and earring plus white brothel creepers for extra height.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2022

Plot twist: Vegas has been overrun by zombies— not the shambling, mindless creepers from The Walking Dead, mind you; these zombies are organized and smart.

From The Verge Apr. 18, 2021

And because it came from Rihanna’s brain herself, you couldn’t get a pair of those creepers if you tried.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 14, 2020

He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry; and this cry was echoed by another.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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