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Noun
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There are 20 arrondissements within Paris, which spiral out like a snail’s shell with one in the center and 20 at the edge.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026 -
Ripa asked at the time, inquiring about the awkward positioning of snails in the act.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The quayside, now planted with fast-maturing plane trees and creeper climbing the sandstone walls, is thronged on any sunny day with joggers, walkers and their dogs.—
Marie Patino,
Bloomberg,
20 Mar. 2026
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With Tahiti as its inspiration, the Vanilla Sky (vanilla vodka, orgeat, pineapple, triple sec and lime) is a creeper.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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On previous records, Jordan’s slacker cadence offered a note of contrast that emphasized her music’s emotional peaks.—
Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
30 Mar. 2026
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It should be noted that Paul Cummins is no slacker himself.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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The Yankees and Giants played the official first game of the season, but the majority of teams began play on March 26 (with a few stragglers on March 27).—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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In the coming days, weary investors will also need to contend with a fresh batch of jobs data and a few stragglers on the earnings front, including Club name Nike .—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
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Despite being a global software powerhouse, India has been perceived as a laggard in the artificial intelligence space, with no current domestic chip industry or full-scale foundational AI model .—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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Sunday saw many laggards penalized for failure to obey the national summons.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
18 Mar. 2026
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By March, there were four tower cranes and a crawler crane.—
Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
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While D’Onofrio’s Kingpin is part of Disney and Marvel’s IP machine, Sony owns the film rights to the red and blue wall crawler.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Clock-watcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clock-watcher. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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