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worm

[wurm] / wɜrm /


NOUN
grub
Synonyms


NOUN
maggot
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
















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And that’s when the worm began to turn.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Klum is never one to shy away from dressing up on the scariest day of the year, with previous looks including a worm, Medusa and the ogre Princess Fiona from the Shrek films.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Having been gobbled up like a meal worm, Jay dredges up flashbacks of his father’s lectures in whale anatomy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

A self-replicating AI worm would be hard to stamp out, because there would be no central switch to turn off, Anthropic said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

He wanted to throw a Mess Night that would worm its way into the oral history of the Marine Corps.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Founded by MIT researchers, Liquid AI invented a new architecture known as liquid neural networks, adaptive and efficient systems inspired by the neural activity of worms known scientifically as C. elegans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

In the autumn they are an essential source of food for animals such as deer and badgers, all the way down to things that live in the soil such as worms and woodlice.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

All she got was something about worms and manure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

"I just don't want any worms of any kind in my refrigerator. And I think most of the public feels that way too."

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Wheat got sick, so Sapiens had to keep a watch out for worms and blight.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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

After being axed from Noem’s office, Lewandowski wormed his way back into Trump’s inner circle.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025

A flaw had wormed its way into his technique at the start of those 1.3 seconds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

"Or they've wormed their way in through a friend. They get their foot in the door and it goes from there."

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024

Laleh wormed her way next to me on the couch.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

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

The frustratingly unforgettable Kars4kids jingle, which has been worming its way into listeners’ brains for decades, is officially banned from the airways in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

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

But the thought keeps worming back in, undermining every attempt to rout it out.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman


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