tentacle
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I love thinking of a bag as a tentacle, and with this reimagining of Marakami’s Mr. DOB as a vibrant octopus, I’m ready to channel some Ursula energy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
There were costume changes and choreographed dance numbers, even an intro where a moving tentacle flailed halfway out of her mouth.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025
Her work includes creating a removable extra thumb and a tentacle arm.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
"Repair-specific proliferative cells mainly contribute to the epithelium -- the thin outer layer -- of the newly formed tentacle."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2023
Otto leapt over a mirror tentacle and one of Dr. Medina’s snakes as they slinked toward a terrified Flux fighter, and wrapped his arms around a startled Sheed.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
"I was diving in the Clyde and one of the instructors had to pull me out of the way of the tentacles as it was wafting above me," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Phishing scams are like an octopus: They have many sticky tentacles.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
“The chilling effect could not only be on films critical of AI, they could be on films critical of all kinds of things that these companies have their tentacles in,” Thompson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Along with his Unification Church, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon built a political propaganda empire, which had tentacles all over Washington, D.C., at one time.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
The slimy thing oozed out to sea, dragging its tentacles behind it.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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