tentacles

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Here you might spy a lion’s mane jellyfish, whose stinging tentacles have been known to grow more than 100 feet, longer than the length of a basketball court.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The brain tumour, he said, was like "a monster with tentacles spreading across the underside of my brain the width of a baseball".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

“These kinds of groups have deep tentacles in Southern California,” said Peter Simi, a professor of sociology at Chapman University and an expert on hate groups in the state.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Jellyfish galaxies get their name from the long, flowing streams of gas that stretch out behind them, resembling tentacles.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

In a third tank, the jellies’ tentacles were so thick and straight it seemed like the animals had created their own prison.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin