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
The larvae are voracious and consume many aphids and scale crawlers during this stage of development, MSU said.
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Try ones shaped like pumpkins, skulls, or spiders and other creepy crawlers.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Although the crawlers are more common in the western half of the state, they can be found in every county in Tennessee with the possible exception of a few extreme eastern counties.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
The company was supposed to have blocked crawlers from Google harvesting Claude chats, but hundreds of conversations were found with some simple searches.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Try ones shaped like pumpkins, skulls, or spiders and other creepy crawlers.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Although the crawlers are more common in the western half of the state, they can be found in every county in Tennessee with the possible exception of a few extreme eastern counties.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
The company was supposed to have blocked crawlers from Google harvesting Claude chats, but hundreds of conversations were found with some simple searches.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crawler
snail
Noun
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Coffee grounds are also often used to deter slugs and snails, reduce weeds without chemicals, and even repel neighborhood strays.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
21 Jan. 2026
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The stacked transporter will inch along at a careful snail’s pace of about 1 mile per hour, according to NASA.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Crawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawler. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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