worm

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She wrote that the majority’s ruling “opens a dangerous can of worms” that “threatens to impair states’ ability to regulate the provision of medical care in any respect.”

From Salon

“Jets don’t catch worms, build nests, find mates, lay eggs, or care for their young, but they do a great job of flying from one place to another.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Some of the crucial work done at Bell Labs might now seem mundane: for example, how to fabricate sheathing so undersea cables wouldn’t be chewed through by Toredo worms.

From The Wall Street Journal

This same effect is experienced by millions of people worldwide who live with long-term parasitic worm infections.

From Science Daily

Many lesser-known groups, including marine worms, are especially at risk, with some facing extinction before scientists have even identified them.

From Science Daily