as in snail
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
he's always the crawler who makes everyone else late
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Recent Examples of crawler
Complex, meandering text forces crawlers to infer meaning.
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Vin Sonpal,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Last year, Cloudflare launched Pay Per Crawl in private beta, a product that lets publishers charge AI crawlers a flat per-request price across their domain.
—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
This environment dictates utilization of sea-bed crawler unmanned systems these can be legged, tracked or can employ both for locomotion.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
The fuzzy-looking crawlers can cause irritation and a rash to anyone whose skin comes in direct contact with the barbed hairs that cover the caterpillar.
—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for crawler
Vin Sonpal,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Last year, Cloudflare launched Pay Per Crawl in private beta, a product that lets publishers charge AI crawlers a flat per-request price across their domain.
—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
This environment dictates utilization of sea-bed crawler unmanned systems these can be legged, tracked or can employ both for locomotion.
—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
The fuzzy-looking crawlers can cause irritation and a rash to anyone whose skin comes in direct contact with the barbed hairs that cover the caterpillar.
—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for crawler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crawler
snail
Noun
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Calendula Calendula’s fleshy leaves, stems, and flowers also draw slugs and snails away from other crops and can be interplanted in food or flower gardens for natural slug control.
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The game was crawling along at a snail’s pace with a rare boundary here and there.
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“Crawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawler. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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