as in slugs
a lazy person
he snapped instructions to the deadbeats who were standing around watching the work pile up
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Noun
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Snails can look like little elephants, slugs can look like fish, and worms can look like swimming chandeliers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025 -
The reflective foil discourages unwanted insects and pests like slugs from approaching and harming the plants, but actually helps to attract butterflies.—
Darcy Lenz,
Southern Living,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Russian drones have made a clear sky into a source of terror for Ukrainian young people.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
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As one of the main organizers of the Tianjin exhibition, the People’s Liberation Army focused on displaying its latest aviation assault assets, featuring an array of helicopters, drones, and airborne weapon systems.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In addition to sea slugs, other snails have been known to graze on bryozoan.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
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Mudflats and tidal flats in Korea are home to a wide variety of clams, crabs, octopuses, and snails, which can be harvested.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With both travel and programming budgets under pressure, all markets have to make a strong case to get buyer and seller bums on seats (or, more accurately, into screening booths and meeting rooms).—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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Ndiaye aside, Everton have long lacked bums-off-seats kinds of players.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Roberts plays Alma, a Yale philosophy professor seeking tenure, who is the picture of working woman poise in oversize blazers, lots of white, loafers and trousers.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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But those loved by Amal and co-signed by the likes of Dakota Johnson (who wears hers with loafers) represent the perfect hybrid between the skinny and straight cut.—
Michel Mejía,
Vogue,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Deadbeats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadbeats. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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