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as in to infiltrate
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way
over a period of several years, the undercover agent was able to worm his way into the drug kingpin's confidence
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Recent Examples of worm
There's also the matter of the cartel's interest in leveraging Tommy to worm their way into the oil business.
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EW.com, 27 July 2025
Technically, the Singapore Sling is not a tiki drink, but this tropical concoction has wormed its way into the tiki canon.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 26 July 2025
Whether through eye or ear, Agrippina’s death wormed its way in.
—Diana Arterian
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
Censorship has wormed its way into American cinema.
—Eric Kohn, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
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EW.com, 27 July 2025
Technically, the Singapore Sling is not a tiki drink, but this tropical concoction has wormed its way into the tiki canon.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 26 July 2025
Whether through eye or ear, Agrippina’s death wormed its way in.
—Diana Arterian
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
Censorship has wormed its way into American cinema.
—Eric Kohn, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for worm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worm
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And despite the encroaching waves, which nibbled more of our NewFarms every month.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Instead, vague references to a second Civil War invoke our current reality, with its stark ideological divides, encroaching political violence, and calls for retribution that have only escalated in recent days.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Martin Suarez is the only deep-undercover FBI agent in history to have infiltrated a Colombian drug cartel.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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Tyler Perry's gone full sicko mode with Beauty in Black, a soapy thriller about an exotic dancer who infiltrates the lives of the Bellarie beauty dynasty and disrupts its connections to a seedy criminal underbelly.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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Lines of hundreds of guests snaked around the inside of the department store (which takes up an entire city block in Manhattan), with onlookers snapping photos quizzically.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Wild Flint The Flint snakes down Georgia, a safe distance from I-85 and I-75, before joining the Chattahoochee River in Lake Seminole and cutting across the Florida Panhandle as the Apalachicola River.—
David Hanson,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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By inserting an extra biochemical cycle into a model plant, the researchers boosted growth, seed yield, and fat production without increasing water demand.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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The full-on answers are below for each group, finally inserting the four words in each category.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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And to get there, visitors will have to make their way through scare zones brimming with crawling monsters and roaring chainsaws.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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Insects crawled through clinical areas, and staff food was stored alongside medical supplies.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Aloe vera sneaks in lightweight hydration, and wheat protein helps strengthen to keep breakage at bay.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
10 Sep. 2025
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Read about a man who has snuck into prestigious events for nearly a decade.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The massive cuts to the program remain to be seen as prices continue to creep ever higher for beneficiaries.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Coachella hasn’t sold out since 2023, despite its release dates creeping earlier in the calendar each year.—
Arielle Gordon,
Pitchfork,
16 Sep. 2025
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What could have been a transformative meditation on mourning too often slips into surface-level spectacle, leaving the audience to piece together meaning from a scattershot collage of influences.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The attempt was tipped and brought in by Locke, who slipped loose into the secondary before taking off for a 64-yard touchdown reception.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Worm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worm. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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