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 software company, known for its work in securing and managing traffic to websites, announced on Tuesday a new tool—currently in private beta—that throttles AI bot crawlers and forces them to receive permission for access, if not payment.
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 2 July 2025
And today, Cloudflare announced that this network would begin to block AI crawlers by default — essentially putting a fifth of the internet behind a paywall for the bots that harvest info to train AIs like ChatGPT and Claude.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 1 July 2025
The females will lay 200 or more eggs, protected by cottony eggs sacs, which then hatch in a few days into crawlers that creep away to find new places to feed, says Del-Pozo.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 July 2025
The eggs hatch in about ten days and produce crawlers (nymphs) that move to another part of the plant and spend four to eight weeks developing into adults.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2025
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 2 July 2025
And today, Cloudflare announced that this network would begin to block AI crawlers by default — essentially putting a fifth of the internet behind a paywall for the bots that harvest info to train AIs like ChatGPT and Claude.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 1 July 2025
The females will lay 200 or more eggs, protected by cottony eggs sacs, which then hatch in a few days into crawlers that creep away to find new places to feed, says Del-Pozo.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 July 2025
The eggs hatch in about ten days and produce crawlers (nymphs) that move to another part of the plant and spend four to eight weeks developing into adults.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crawler
snail
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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
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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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“Crawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawler. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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