creepers

noun

plural of creeper
as in crawlers

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  1. crawlers
  2. snails
  3. stragglers
  4. slowpokes
Noun
  • Cloudflare’s new architecture allows content owners to set a minimum price and AI crawlers to set a maximum bid, and lets the magic of a two-sided marketplace take it from there.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 July 2026
  • The distinction matters because some crawlers serve multiple purposes simultaneously.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of crawlers
Noun
  • The lubricating substance allows snails to stick to the ground more easily and travel more smoothly.
    — Laura Dorwart, Health, 22 July 2026
  • But SpongeBob is just as unambiguously heroic as Damon’s Odysseus is (even if our favorite burger-flipping tamer of snails requires a gift from a certain daughter of a goddess to find his courage).
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 July 2026
Definition of snails
Noun
  • Some of us stragglers just needed to watch a bit more of him.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of stragglers
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  • 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
Definition of slowpokes
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