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For millions of years between 350 and 280 million years ago (about 30 million years before the first dinosaurs), these croc-like animals ruled the rivers, swamps, and lakes of the ancient world.—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 18 June 2026 She was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black sweatpants and black crocs, according to the police.—Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026 Kids who used to run to the field excited to play, suddenly started loafing to the field wearing their crocs with their heads buried in their phones.—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026 Climate change likely won’t bring crocs back to the West Coast, but ecologists can use the ancient weather data to forecast the kinds of species that might thrive in a similar future.—Hannah Richter, Scientific American, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for croc