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
Screwworm gets its name from the maggots’ habit of burrowing — or screwing — into a wound, according to the USDA.
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Jeffrey Collins, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Presence of fly maggots in wounds.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 9 June 2026
This led me to the small corner of medicine where maggots were being used as a last resort for wound care when other options had failed.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 18 May 2026
The kitchen of the restaurant is crawling with maggots, the damp eats away at the tatami mats and wallpaper decorated with a design of a forest landscape.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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Jeffrey Collins, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Presence of fly maggots in wounds.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 9 June 2026
This led me to the small corner of medicine where maggots were being used as a last resort for wound care when other options had failed.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 18 May 2026
The kitchen of the restaurant is crawling with maggots, the damp eats away at the tatami mats and wallpaper decorated with a design of a forest landscape.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maggot
Noun
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Their whims can have the status of law.—
MICHAEL KIMMAGE,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Dec. 2025
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But, as always, the team will operate according to the whims of owner Arte Moreno.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The day shift also starts making factory-work jokes, with Rekha playing a perky do-bee who just wants to make the boss happy, and Lily adopting an agitator role, demanding workman’s comp and trying to spark revolt.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Her subjects range from the humming of trees conversing through underground fungi to the iridescent call (invisible to humans) that flowers make to fluttering bees.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026
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“Maggot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maggot. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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