as in slugs
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
go and tell the snails in the back to hurry up
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as in crawls
to move slowly
the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles
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Recent Examples of snails
Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
Some common pests that may affect your orchid include weevils, sowbugs, springtails, snails, scale, thrips, mealybugs, and spider mites.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
Providing ample shade and maintaining healthy soil can help prevent issues, including occasional damage from slugs and snails, root rot, and powdery mildew.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026
Smaller critters — hermit crabs, lightning whelks and snails — skittered along the seafloor.
—Max Chesnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Its gritty texture helps repel pests like slugs and snails from your garden.
—Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 25 Jan. 2026
The snails have to breathe somehow.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 22 Jan. 2026
One of my prompts on the app detailed my phobia of snails in detail.
—Isoke Atiba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Take respectful photos and use your Pocket Guide to identify common species like tidepool sculpin or turban snails.
—Lillie Mulligan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
Noun
Pest Control with Cardboard Slugs and snails are drawn to cool, damp cardboard.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
Some common pests that may affect your orchid include weevils, sowbugs, springtails, snails, scale, thrips, mealybugs, and spider mites.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
Providing ample shade and maintaining healthy soil can help prevent issues, including occasional damage from slugs and snails, root rot, and powdery mildew.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026
Smaller critters — hermit crabs, lightning whelks and snails — skittered along the seafloor.
—Max Chesnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Its gritty texture helps repel pests like slugs and snails from your garden.
—Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 25 Jan. 2026
The snails have to breathe somehow.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 22 Jan. 2026
One of my prompts on the app detailed my phobia of snails in detail.
—Isoke Atiba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Take respectful photos and use your Pocket Guide to identify common species like tidepool sculpin or turban snails.
—Lillie Mulligan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snails
Noun
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Providing ample shade and maintaining healthy soil can help prevent issues, including occasional damage from slugs and snails, root rot, and powdery mildew.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Feb. 2026
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Its gritty texture helps repel pests like slugs and snails from your garden.—
Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano,
The Spruce,
25 Jan. 2026
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As with aftermarket switchable sway bar systems, drivers can lock the sway bars in place for better handling and stability at speed and unlock them completely for maximum articulation during bumpy rock crawls.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Feb. 2026
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Ma crawls toward you and plants her palms on your cheeks.—
Molly Aitken,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Get those ballots filled out, stragglers.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
16 Jan. 2026
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The last few stragglers are set to report quarterly results this week.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
7 Dec. 2025
Verb
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And when the failure drags on long enough, extreme partisanship rushes in to fill it.—
Melissa Derosa,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2026
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But the process often drags on for years, with a slim success rate.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Generally, fungicides won’t effectively get rid of sooty mold, but sometimes horticultural oil sprays used to treat overwintering scale or crawlers can help to speed up its removal.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2026
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Those crawlers copy webpage content at scale, then AI companies filter and package it into training datasets, the vast repositories that LLMs learn from.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Suspicion and shame drenched Hanceville like the fog that creeps down Main Street.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Mintz agrees that intentional time matters, especially when guilt creeps in.—
Jennifer Jay Palumbo,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Other companies have incorporated AI into their Super Bowl commercials to a lesser extent, according to the outlet, and AI companies will return as well — a commercial from Anthropic pokes fun at ChatGPT incorporating ads.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Partnerships deserve thoughtfulness as romantic Venus pokes jolly Jupiter, activating your 7th House of Connections and your 12th House of Karma.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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The performance gap between fast learners and laggards is widening.—
Matthew C. Meade,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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There have been a few gaming laggards, including European publisher Ubisoft (down 44%) and accessory specialist Corsair (down 35%).—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Snails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snails. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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