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
That gives him time to meet and chat with crawlers and learn about their book-reading habits.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2025
While creepy crawlers seeping in your home can be inevitable, there are a few precautionary tips Ideal Partners gives homeowners.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2025
The oil will smother active and recently settled crawlers.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Performance still matters, whether for human visitors or AI crawlers.
—Mehdi Daoudi, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2025
While creepy crawlers seeping in your home can be inevitable, there are a few precautionary tips Ideal Partners gives homeowners.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2025
The oil will smother active and recently settled crawlers.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Performance still matters, whether for human visitors or AI crawlers.
—Mehdi Daoudi, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crawler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crawler
snail
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The president’s willingness to take bold action has set in motion ambitious trade negotiations, which normally proceed at a snail’s pace.—
Emily Kilcrease,
Foreign Affairs,
9 June 2025
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The flatworms first infect the snail, then a fish, and finally a warm-blooded vertebrate, like a bird or a human, that consumes the infected fish.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
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“Crawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawler. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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