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as in drags
to move slowly
the weekend traffic on the road to the beach just crawled
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as in pokes
to move or act slowly
the deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl
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Recent Examples of crawls
G Kirilloff, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
In the footage, the dog hilariously crawls under the blanket, which had slipped down the side of his crate, and ends up pulling it completely off.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Dead Bug Ab-cross crawls support overall ab strength.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
The train crawls through one impressively lush landscape after another—around mountains; through valleys, jungles, forests, and tea plantations; and past thickets of palm trees waving gracefully in the humid breeze.
—Alesandra Dubin, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Powerful waves of 15 to 20 feet are expected to slam beaches, especially in North Carolina, for 48 hours or more as the hurricane crawls northward offshore through at least Thursday.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The interior required a separate build to support a climactic sequence where Wednesday crawls through its prickly confines.
—Daron James, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
Give the reel handle a slow turn, pause, then another slow turn, so the eel crawls with a natural motion.
—Anthony A. Ciuffa, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025
But when her face crawls off and leaves the ICE agents scrambling to recover it, that gives Mackey and the immigrants enough time to escape.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
Gameplay begins as the player crawls from the wreckage.
—G Kirilloff, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
In the footage, the dog hilariously crawls under the blanket, which had slipped down the side of his crate, and ends up pulling it completely off.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Dead Bug Ab-cross crawls support overall ab strength.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
The train crawls through one impressively lush landscape after another—around mountains; through valleys, jungles, forests, and tea plantations; and past thickets of palm trees waving gracefully in the humid breeze.
—Alesandra Dubin, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Powerful waves of 15 to 20 feet are expected to slam beaches, especially in North Carolina, for 48 hours or more as the hurricane crawls northward offshore through at least Thursday.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The interior required a separate build to support a climactic sequence where Wednesday crawls through its prickly confines.
—Daron James, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
Give the reel handle a slow turn, pause, then another slow turn, so the eel crawls with a natural motion.
—Anthony A. Ciuffa, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025
But when her face crawls off and leaves the ICE agents scrambling to recover it, that gives Mackey and the immigrants enough time to escape.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crawls
Verb
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Employees notice the waves of shiny experiments that come and go (with no momentum), and cynicism creeps in.—
Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Bias also creeps into the data used to train these algorithms, for example when the composition of teams that guide the development of such facial recognition software lack diversity.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Need to know Nvidia probe drags on.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Cole Palmer intelligently pulls wide and drags Jones with him, leaving a notable distance between Jones and Gravenberch in the middle.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The brand’s giant green owl mascot dances badly, makes obscure pop culture references and pokes fun at the company’s push notifications.—
Leeron Walter,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Like his contemporaries, Meyers often pokes fun at the ongoing actions of the president and his administration on Late Night.—
Emlyn Travis Updated,
EW.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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As Alien fans know, the facehugger will impregnate its host with a Xenomorph embryo, which eventually bursts from the host's chest.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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The movie is a tour de force In IMAX, the format’s large screen and huge sound a perfect partner for the purple one’s charisma, which positively bursts off the screen.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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An alleged cyberattack targeting a company that manages check-in and boarding systems for airlines caused delays and cancellations at Europe’s busiest airports on Saturday.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
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The Ferrari Club of America gathering at Ballantyne Country Club could cause delays during club events Monday morning and afternoon, NCDOT spokeswoman Jen Goodwin told The Charlotte Observer.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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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Originating in the Tibetan Plateau, the Nujiang River snakes its way through southern China andeventually flows into Myanmar.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 2,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Gakpo is deeper, and Wirtz pushes forward as the central member of Liverpool’s forward line, while Ekitike shuffles across as the left of the trio.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Because global air travel shuffles millions of people around the world daily, an outbreak of a very contagious disease anywhere can become a threat everywhere.—
Amy E. Stambach,
The Conversation,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The state has many fall hotspots that offer colorful autumn landscapes and crisp fall weather, providing the perfect escape from the metro Phoenix heat that typically lingers into October.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The finish opens with a maltiness that quickly shifts to honey, followed by a touch of cinnamon and a sweet oak that lingers for a few seconds before turning much drier.—
Chris Perugini,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Crawls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawls. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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