worm
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The glow worm population is thought to be at risk nationally from loss of habitat, climate change and light pollution.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
We’ve all experienced the tendency of AI chatbots to tell us what we want to hear, but there are two other, more nuanced factors that help chatbots worm their way into human hearts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
The team has now found that two proteins, MYRF-1 and LIN-42, form a feedback circuit that serves as the worm genome's central developmental clock.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026
"The screw worm can be detected easily, and it can be treated," he told journalists.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Pax picked up the worm and bit into it.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
And there are even others that elaborate the perspective of the worms, who find themselves in the unnervingly dark setting of Gelsomina’s stomach and are struggling to grasp their proper place in the universe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The novel begins when Gelsomina ingests five parasitic worms after lapping up lake water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Protecting existing populations is particularly important because glow worms don't spread far.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
When the thing dies, the worms fall away to reveal that it wasn’t always a demon, but a boar god felled by a dark force.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
“If I’m digging fishing worms, he’ll start digging holes in the ground. He tries to do everything I do.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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
On this latest go-round, I was in therapy largely for approval: my therapist’s, yes, but also whatever prevailing cultural “wisdom” had wormed its way into my brain.
From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2024
It's an aspiration that has wormed its way into the country's identity, helping to shape modern Australia.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2023
No. 46 wormed his way deeper into Brown’s confidence.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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
After all, it’s unclear whether there’s a technical solution to keeping A.I. from worming into student papers.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2022
But Bossie has been slowly but surely worming his back into the fold ever since.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2022
The result is a mesmerizing nod to the olden days, a vertigo of queasy strings, brass and wobbly piano that feeds the paranoia and mysterious atmosphere while worming into the brain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2020
In fact, they were having a fine old time worming their way through the tunnel.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
