crawling
Britishnoun
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Imagine looking at the mirror and seeing ants crawling all over the lower part of your face.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026
The aim is to make the AI assistants now writing code, crawling the internet and booking appointments on our behalf a little more approachable, distinct and trustworthy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
She spent the next two days crawling on her hands and knees, she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Staff reported that there was a male adult creeping and crawling around the aisles,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Other inhabitants use silence for cover—the lizards crawling on dead trees, the hordes of gnats hovering above our heads, and the worms wiggling in and out of the muddy swamp floor.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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