creepers

plural of creeper

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Noun
  • 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
  • For details on the DLR's work on rovers, crawlers & drones on Mars — the Valles Marineris Explorer project, visit the project's website.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • So, too, do simultaneous hermaphrodites, a collection of creatures that includes most species of land snails, slugs, and earthworms.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • In outdoor ferns, slugs and snails can chew holes in fronds.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • However, there often are a few stragglers that will need the energy your feeders provide to continue their journey.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 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 27 Jun. 2026.

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