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as in to delay
to move or act slowly
the deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl
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Recent Examples of crawl
Molly Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2025
The breast crawl has many positive effects for both the parent and child.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 July 2025
Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2025
Yet, instead of protesting in the streets condemning Hamas’ sadistic butchery and demanding the terror group release its hostages and leave the Gaza Strip so that the Palestinian people may crawl out from beneath its rancid thumb, the American left focuses its ire on Israel instead.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The crawl includes details about each shop's location, hours, and a brief description.
—Molly Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2025
The breast crawl has many positive effects for both the parent and child.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 July 2025
Noun
One shopper especially appreciated its durability, even after pets in the house crawled on the blanket itself.
—Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2025
Yet, instead of protesting in the streets condemning Hamas’ sadistic butchery and demanding the terror group release its hostages and leave the Gaza Strip so that the Palestinian people may crawl out from beneath its rancid thumb, the American left focuses its ire on Israel instead.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crawl
Verb
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Still, Windows 11, the figure Microsoft is keenest to see grow is creeping up and is now at 59.9%, almost exactly three fifths, then.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Raven motifs crept into the production design at every turn: Nevermore Academy’s front gates, Principal Weems’ office, roof tiles that resembled feathers, and the school’s mascot.—
Daron James,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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One person would hold the rod and drag ashore a thrashing, 200-pound sawfish.—
Jack Prator,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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In doing so, the currents drag swimmers out into open waters.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Democratic state lawmakers are still attempting to delay efforts from Republicans who are trying to redraw Texas’ 38 congressional districts, which could help Republicans pick up as many as five seats in the House of Representatives.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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But the judge walked back that suggestion in his order that denied the defense’s request to delay Kohberger’s trial.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Berries—and raspberries in particular—are another food that’s bursting with fiber.—
Audrey Bruno,
SELF,
4 Aug. 2025
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Perabo burst onto the scene as wannabe singer Violet Sanford, who moves from New Jersey to N.Y.C. to pursue her dreams — and ends up joining the Coyote Ugly crew.—
Kate Hogan,
People.com,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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On October 7, 2023, I was called to duty to manage traffic so that first responders and military could respond swiftly to the atrocities that took place.—
Eyal Shamir,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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That incident had effectively closed off traffic in and out of the Port of Baltimore for more than two months, forcing vessels to reroute instead to other East Coast ports including the Ports of New York & New Jersey, the Port of Virginia and the Port of Philadelphia.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Looking like a wild morning glory, field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) is a vigorous perennial vine that often snakes its way up, over, and through your garden plants.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
9 Aug. 2025
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Telltale details of artifice surface in these larger gallery images: Backdrops emerge more prominently, noticeable seams and threads materialize in artificial arrangements, a layer of dust coats a fake bamboo plant, a rubber hose snakes into a seemingly untrammeled landscape.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The premiere episode was a hot topic not only among viewership and the media but within the White House as Parker and Stone brutally poked fun at President Donald Trump in both animated and live-action deepfake form.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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He’s had some bad luck, getting leg whipped and getting an MCL or getting poked in the eye.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Even as Andrew James McGann sits in jail accused of the ghastly double murder of parents on a hike at a state park in the Ozark Mountains, key questions linger about the motive.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Debt from a 2018 restructuring lingered and mall traffic, especially in secondary locations, continued to decline.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Crawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawl. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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