tentacles

Example Sentences

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“These kinds of groups have deep tentacles in Southern California,” said Peter Simi, a professor of sociology at Chapman University and an expert on hate groups in the state.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Jellyfish galaxies get their name from the long, flowing streams of gas that stretch out behind them, resembling tentacles.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Google, the core of Alphabet’s business, has its tentacles in various artificial-intelligence applications, and that breadth will be the primary narrative in the megacap internet trade this year, Raymond James argued.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

“We have been lacerated by the tentacles of corruption and by criminal networks that have profoundly marked the life of our country,” Zelaya wrote on X on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

The anemones in the aquaria blossomed open, with green and purple tentacles and pale green stomachs.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck