as in whims
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 maggots
There were 16 live maggots on the floor of the kitchen.
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Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
In one visceral scene of complex dignity, Mother removes maggots from a living man’s rotting flesh.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
After the eggs hatch, the maggots burrow further into the tissue and cause painful infestations.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
When the eggs hatch, maggots emerge, which then feast on healthy tissue, according to the CDC.
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
Those infected may feel or see maggots moving in the wound.
—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
Treatment requires a mix of manually removing the maggots, healing the lesions on the cows and using anti-parasite medicine.
—Fernando Llano, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
In one visceral scene of complex dignity, Mother removes maggots from a living man’s rotting flesh.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
After the eggs hatch, the maggots burrow further into the tissue and cause painful infestations.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
When the eggs hatch, maggots emerge, which then feast on healthy tissue, according to the CDC.
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
Those infected may feel or see maggots moving in the wound.
—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
Treatment requires a mix of manually removing the maggots, healing the lesions on the cows and using anti-parasite medicine.
—Fernando Llano, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maggots
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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
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This should be five-alarm fire for Wall Street, an institution that owes much of its success to the existence of a US monetary policy nerve center that is, by law and by tradition, insulated from the whims of any one party or politician.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Flowers that support bees and butterflies are planted among the panels, creating ideal conditions for pollinators.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Solitary bees are well protected in their underground or cavity nest, but leaf litter may provide some insulation for their ground nests.—
Special to The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
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The answer depends entirely on subjective judgements, and people have wildly differing notions of what behaviors are appropriate.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Aug. 2025
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The Gaza war shattered notions that, for years, have been activated on behalf of a peace-process mythology.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Maggots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maggots. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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