snail-like

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On the other hand, the snail-like open system is far more efficient.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023

For a recent study in Nature Electronics, the researchers used their new material to connect motors to power sources in two basic machines: a snail-like soft robot and a toy car.

From Scientific American • Apr. 12, 2023

After 11 years of snail-like negotiations, the two governments sealed a U.S.-mediated deal Thursday in Naqoura, in south Lebanon, near the Israeli border.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022

During the sun-scorched summer season, movement through the congested center slows to a snail-like crawl.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2019

For some reason, snail-like mollusks seem to be almost immune to the effects of insecticides.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson