as in slugs
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
go and tell the snails in the back to hurry up
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as in crawls
to move slowly
the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles
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Recent Examples of snails
Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
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
Around the same time, thousands of endemic water snails, which form a crucial part of the lagoon’s food chain, washed up dead on the shore.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Many springs feature a visible boil at the water surface above the spring vent, crystal clear water, submerged grasses waving in the current, and a range of fish, turtles, snails and other aquatic animals hiding in the grasses.
—Christopher F. Meindl, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Lauren Bastide considers snails.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
That includes September’s Aloha Festivals, celebrating Hawaiian traditions, and the annual Kāhuli Festival at the Bishop Museum in October, a unique family-friendly event spotlighting the vital role of Hawaiian land snails in preserving biodiversity.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Now the company has hundreds of preorders from customers looking to use the machines for various applications, including assembling electronics and even processing snails to be shipped to France for escargot, reported Tech Crunch.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The bayous have become a popular breeding ground for intimidating apple snails from South America, which can reach 6 inches in width.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
In addition to sea slugs, other snails have been known to graze on bryozoan.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
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
Around the same time, thousands of endemic water snails, which form a crucial part of the lagoon’s food chain, washed up dead on the shore.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Many springs feature a visible boil at the water surface above the spring vent, crystal clear water, submerged grasses waving in the current, and a range of fish, turtles, snails and other aquatic animals hiding in the grasses.
—Christopher F. Meindl, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Lauren Bastide considers snails.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
That includes September’s Aloha Festivals, celebrating Hawaiian traditions, and the annual Kāhuli Festival at the Bishop Museum in October, a unique family-friendly event spotlighting the vital role of Hawaiian land snails in preserving biodiversity.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Now the company has hundreds of preorders from customers looking to use the machines for various applications, including assembling electronics and even processing snails to be shipped to France for escargot, reported Tech Crunch.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The bayous have become a popular breeding ground for intimidating apple snails from South America, which can reach 6 inches in width.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snails
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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
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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
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Strong, prolonged damaging wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph will continue to lash the coast as the storm crawls north through Monday.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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Chalamet crawls out of the weird-for-the-sake-of-being-weird chamber and chucks the helmet to the ground, displaying his now shaven head.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
8 Oct. 2025
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The last Orionid stragglers usually appear sometime in early to mid-November.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Lightly prune the fern to remove dead fronds, long stragglers, and any fronds that are damaged.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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However, the risk of adverse effects grows the longer a shutdown drags on.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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As the government shutdown drags on, Americans are turning more negative on Congress, according to new Gallup polling.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Try ones shaped like pumpkins, skulls, or spiders and other creepy crawlers.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
14 Oct. 2025
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Although the crawlers are more common in the western half of the state, they can be found in every county in Tennessee with the possible exception of a few extreme eastern counties.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Meyers will continue being a name to watch as the deadline creeps closer.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Japanese influence creeps in again with a matcha white chocolate chip cookie.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Who else pokes holes in this claim?—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Later in the episode, Kelce's cohost and brother, Jason Kelce, pokes fun at Lively's athleticism in a storyline that sees Bridget attend a soccer camp.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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That must be welcome news for CEO Tim Cook and investors, as the stock has been one of the biggest laggards in the Magnificent 7 group.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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Economies that embed decarbonization into their growth models are becoming magnets for investment; laggards are already seeing their cost of capital rise.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Snails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snails. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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