tentacle

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

Her work includes creating a removable extra thumb and a tentacle arm.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

At about the size of a pinkie nail, the jellyfish species Cladonema can regenerate an amputated tentacle in two to three days -- but how?

From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2023

Each tentacle also contains rows of suckers to help the octopus maintain its grip.

From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2023

The tentacle lost the battle and disappeared down the drain with a horrible sucking sound.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

Phishing scams are like an octopus: They have many sticky tentacles.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

“Iran and the militias have tentacles throughout the economy,” said Victoria Taylor, who oversaw Iraq policy at the Biden administration State Department and is now at the Atlantic Council, a Washington think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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

“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

He could see it in the far corner of the tank, its dreadful tentacles with their hundreds of stinging cells, twisting and spiraling in the water.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz