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
Bing's crawler does take mobile-friendliness into account but is device-agnostic.
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PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025
Jennifer Lopez wasn’t buggin’ when a creepy crawler interrupted one of her recent shows.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2025
Yes, Google still reads it, and so do other AI crawlers.
—Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
This work presents inflatable kirigami crawlers created by introducing cut patterns into heat-sealable textiles to achieve locomotion upon cyclic pneumatic actuation.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2025
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PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025
Jennifer Lopez wasn’t buggin’ when a creepy crawler interrupted one of her recent shows.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2025
Yes, Google still reads it, and so do other AI crawlers.
—Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
This work presents inflatable kirigami crawlers created by introducing cut patterns into heat-sealable textiles to achieve locomotion upon cyclic pneumatic actuation.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crawler
snail
Noun
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The bayous have become a popular breeding ground for intimidating apple snails from South America, which can reach 6 inches in width.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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The snail is two years old and the millipede is only a few months old.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Crawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawler. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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