creepers

plural of creeper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for creepers
Noun
  • That’s because it’s built to travel on roadways and bike lanes, leaving its fellow sidewalk crawlers in the dust.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 24 June 2026
  • Sourcing marketers are focusing heavily on semantic modeling—ensuring their product catalogs, material certifications and white papers are clean, structured and easily digestible for AI crawlers.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Coffee grounds are also often used to deter slugs and snails, reduce weeds without chemicals, and even repel neighborhood strays.
    Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 24 June 2026
  • Slugs and Snails Slugs and snails feed at night on damp areas of your tomato plant, chewing holes in leaves and fruit.
    Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • There’s growing evidence, however, that some Tequesta stragglers may have stayed behind, or that some eventually returned from Cuba, joining other indigenous people in Florida.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • Duckett was waiting for the last bus of the day at Port Authority, watching as stragglers headed to the casino and the janitor cleaned up for the night, when the pressure hit a breaking point.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Instead, the problem is that these slowpokes haven’t been nearly as efficient.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Much of the drama is undermined by the odd choice to have the characters explain exactly what is happening (presumably for the slowpokes in the back).
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
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“Creepers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creepers. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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