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Noun
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Meet the apple snail and their amazing eyes In parts of the United States, apple snails are considered an invasive species.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
6 Aug. 2025 -
This particularly hardy sea snail is notable for its ability to withstand the frigid temps and crushingly high pressure of the deep ocean.—
Rosie McCall,
Discover Magazine,
28 July 2025
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Ted slumped on to the sofa, his long legs bent, his feet in brothel creepers, his fingers drumming on the bones of his knees.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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The trip will then reach the dramatic limestone peaks of the Picos de Europa, home to Alpine choughs, griffon vultures, and elusive wall creepers. 5.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
4 July 2025
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Bowling in That’s My Boy Broke slacker Donny Berger reconnects with his estranged son, Han Solo (Andy Samberg), via a night of debauchery with Uncle Vanny, better known as Vanilla Ice.—
Derek Lawrence,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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Judge introduced his iconic slacker duo way back in 1993, debuting on MTV’s toon mashup Liquid Television.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
24 July 2025
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The Collage Group research firm, specializing in cultural intelligence insights, reports that even before the campaign broke, American Eagle had been a laggard in aligning with America’s increasingly diverse consumer base.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Energy is the laggard, weighed down in large part by declines in shares of ExxonMobil and Chevron , by far the two largest constituents in the sector.—
Morgan Chittum,Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
4 Aug. 2025
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Bing's crawler does take mobile-friendliness into account but is device-agnostic.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Aug. 2025
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Yes, Google still reads it, and so do other AI crawlers.—
Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Retired or not, the world’s greatest quarterback does not have the luxury to indulge in sequential action—one thing at a time is for slowpokes and losers.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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One group of 15 female rats, brighter in color than the rest, kept zooming past the others to make it into the houses first, making the rest of their furry colleagues look like slowpokes.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Clock-watcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clock-watcher. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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