as in crawler
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Recent Examples of creeper
Unsurprisingly, the creeper that followed her into Grand Central's bathroom did so with the worst intentions.
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
The creepers are less than loveable but still clever enough to avoid the skin-burning ovens.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
The pair is eventually thrust into the crosshairs of the Marshalls' war on the creepers, a conflict that gives way to what is perhaps Bong's most hopeful film ending to date.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Now, the newest theatrical worm entry is the creeper, a worm-like species native to the ice planet of Niflheim in Mickey 17, Bong Joon Ho's feature adaptation of Ashton Edward's sci-fi novel Mickey7.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2025
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
The creepers are less than loveable but still clever enough to avoid the skin-burning ovens.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
The pair is eventually thrust into the crosshairs of the Marshalls' war on the creepers, a conflict that gives way to what is perhaps Bong's most hopeful film ending to date.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Now, the newest theatrical worm entry is the creeper, a worm-like species native to the ice planet of Niflheim in Mickey 17, Bong Joon Ho's feature adaptation of Ashton Edward's sci-fi novel Mickey7.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creeper
Noun
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Reddit also has implemented safeguards to block bots and web crawlers from scraping its data.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
6 June 2025
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The community is also developing collaborative tools to help protect against these crawlers.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The president’s willingness to take bold action has set in motion ambitious trade negotiations, which normally proceed at a snail’s pace.—
Emily Kilcrease,
Foreign Affairs,
9 June 2025
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The flatworms first infect the snail, then a fish, and finally a warm-blooded vertebrate, like a bird or a human, that consumes the infected fish.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
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“Creeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creeper. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.
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