worm
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Researchers identified an enzyme in the worm that can break microbial PHAs into smaller molecules that animals are able to use.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
The discovery did not stop with a single marine worm.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
There will always be anglers who prefer a worm or an old-style spinner, topwater or crankbait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Artificial light is also thought to have had an impact on glow worm populations.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
It was so still on the porch of our home, you could have heard a worm breathing.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Bessent has opened up a couple of cans of worms, said Lou Crandall, chief economist at Wrightson ICAP, which makes it harder for the Fed and the Treasury Department to communicate to the markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Coffee shop owner Frank De Jesus said comments from the economic development minister criticising the minimum wage had "opened a can of worms"
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Some days it feels like we’re losing a battle against mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, flies and worms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The cats are all fixed, vaccinated, tested for FIV/Felv, microchipped and treated for fleas and worms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
I open my backpack and give her my gummy worms.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
To her, it doesn’t matter if the scammer wormed into the email exchange from the town’s side or the company’s, because the town never spoke with her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Scrum-half Nolann Le Garrec, playing at his boyhood club, scampered over for a hugely popular score before Antoine Hastoy wormed over at the end of another sweeping move that England could never pin down.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The country erupted in late-night protests, and just enough legislators to form a quorum wormed their way through tanks and law enforcement to vote unanimously to end the martial law.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2024
They wormed their way into his life, acting as his caregivers and new best friends and lived with Sawusch from September 2017 until his death in May 2018.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2024
The five of them had wormed their way up to the front of the auditorium.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Hydatid disease can be passed from dogs to humans, and public health campaigns about 25 years ago highlighted the importance of regular worming treatments and hand hygiene after handling animals.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Alarmingly, air pollution's effects are not confined to the breathing, as a growing body of research suggests that air pollution worming its way into the bodies of fetuses and unborn babies vis-a-vis their mothers' lungs.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2022
A clown fish embryo maturing; a parasite worming its way into a cell; tiny mites clustered around the bases of your eyelashes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
And you can just imagine what is already hitting the shops in England and will eventually be worming its way into America: King Charles III, coming soon to a mug near you.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022
“I return you to the earth,” she whispered, worming her fist into the tiny space.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
