as in whim
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
the last maggot he got in his head resulted in a disastrous extramarital affair
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Recent Examples of maggot
Those infected may feel or see maggots moving in the wound.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The flesh-eating maggots go for most warm-blooded animals, including horses and cows.
—Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
The Medfly targets more than 250 varieties of produce by laying eggs inside that hatch into maggots and make the produce unfit to be eaten, according to a press release from the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
In 2023, he was treated for an infection in his feet caused by maggots — one of numerous hospitalizations that year, prompting a call from Adult Protective Services over his care, the filling says.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The flesh-eating maggots go for most warm-blooded animals, including horses and cows.
—Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
The Medfly targets more than 250 varieties of produce by laying eggs inside that hatch into maggots and make the produce unfit to be eaten, according to a press release from the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
In 2023, he was treated for an infection in his feet caused by maggots — one of numerous hospitalizations that year, prompting a call from Adult Protective Services over his care, the filling says.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maggot
Noun
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These were not just silly geographical whims, Jessica Winter pointed out at the time.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Fed’s independence has been central to the United States’ role as the globe’s preeminent economic power; investors worldwide believe the central bank won’t act on a president’s whims.—
Jackie Calmes,
Mercury News,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Flowers attract bees and butterflies, while songbirds feed on the nutritious seeds.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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Chapple, the late Queen’s beekeeper, went first to Clarence House and then Buckingham Palace to perform his somber duty of telling the bees, a centuries-old custom of informing the bees when their owner has died.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Maggot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maggot. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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