crawler

noun

ˈkrȯ-lər How to pronounce crawler (audio)
Definition of crawlernext
as in snail
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others he's always the crawler who makes everyone else late

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Recent Examples of crawler That could turn a creepy little crawler into a tool that helps save lives. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2026 Cloudflare’s new architecture allows content owners to set a minimum price and AI crawlers to set a maximum bid, and lets the magic of a two-sided marketplace take it from there. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 July 2026 That’s because it’s built to travel on roadways and bike lanes, leaving its fellow sidewalk crawlers in the dust. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 24 June 2026 This may yield additional, creepier, and crawler results. — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for crawler
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snail
Noun
  • Florida has dozens of native animals on the federal and state endangered species lists, including the Florida panther, West Indian manatee, Smalltooth sawfish, Hawksbill sea turtle and the Everglades snail kite.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In 2020, scientists found that combining snail slime from a common garden snail with gold nanoparticles helped accelerate wound healing and exhibited anti-inflammatory properties in mice.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of snail

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