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Noun
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And from a costume design aspect, what Pluribus afforded for me, is to do two extremes, in doing that strip-down of the Joining where clothes become absolutely a necessity and nothing else, like a snail in a shell kind of thing.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
26 May 2026 -
In the middle of a sculptural fountain inspired by the Ilisos river, which once flowed through the neighborhood, stood a modernist iron snail, spouting water.—
Eleni N. Gage,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Some are climbers or creepers, like euonymous (winter creeper).—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
7 May 2026
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This creeper has bluish-green foliage that turns reddish purple in winter and reaches 8-12 inches high with a spread of 6-8 feet.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Apr. 2026
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In the film, Lola belongs to Oli, a slacker and small-time drug dealer played by Jay Lycurgo, who is inspired to change his ways after adopting her — their relationship described by more than one reviewer as one of the most heartwarming in any film at this year’s festival.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Presumably, future episodes will continue to offer various one-off installments set in the show’s original status quo, when Mordecai and Rigby were just young slackers trying to avoid work.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
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Your job is to sit back, watch, and prune away any stragglers that don't suit your vision.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
23 May 2026
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While five-deep crowds chased the group of Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth around the course, only a few stragglers found their way to the ropes to watch Potgieter.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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Other quality laggard names include Microsoft , Adobe , Take-Two Interactive and Salesforce.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
27 May 2026
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Once considered a laggard in the AI race, Anthropic’s impressive financials prove that an AI company doesn’t have to sacrifice near-term profitability for exponential growth and capital expenditure.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
18 Mar. 2026
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Both Index and Cloudflare’s offerings are trying to move beyond the binary choice of blocking AI crawlers or allowing free access.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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Spray an insecticidal soap twice a week to say goodbye to the little crawlers.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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“Clock-watcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clock-watcher. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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