worm
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That finding indicates that the worm can tap into the PHA reserves stored inside its symbiotic bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
There will always be anglers who prefer a worm or an old-style spinner, topwater or crankbait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The treatment also helped preserve neuronal function in worm models of both diseases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Across Europe, five species of glow worm are threatened with extinction, while the common glow worm is classified as near threatened.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
It was so still on the porch of our home, you could have heard a worm breathing.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
To test this, Chai sliced worms lengthwise and fused each one with part of a different worm.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
This allowed the researchers to determine whether the mechanism they observed in worms might also be relevant to human disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
“We started looking around and we found them throughout: where we washed our hands and the showers,” he said, adding that the critters looked like gusanitos — little worms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
And there are even others that elaborate the perspective of the worms, who find themselves in the unnervingly dark setting of Gelsomina’s stomach and are struggling to grasp their proper place in the universe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
All food was eaten uncooked, worms and small insects providing the main diet.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
To her, it doesn’t matter if the scammer wormed into the email exchange from the town’s side or the company’s, because the town never spoke with her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
After being axed from Noem’s office, Lewandowski wormed his way back into Trump’s inner circle.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025
On a farm nestled in the Surrey Hills, young people are helping herd cows and build pens so they can be wormed.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
On this latest go-round, I was in therapy largely for approval: my therapist’s, yes, but also whatever prevailing cultural “wisdom” had wormed its way into my brain.
From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2024
Two days later, Reggie went missing, apparently having wormed his bulky body through a tiny rent in the corner of the pen.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Hydatid disease can be passed from dogs to humans, and public health campaigns about 25 years ago highlighted the importance of regular worming treatments and hand hygiene after handling animals.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
A clown fish embryo maturing; a parasite worming its way into a cell; tiny mites clustered around the bases of your eyelashes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
It's this little devilish theme that comes in when Gene is worming his way into Marion's life.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2022
The result is a mesmerizing nod to the olden days, a vertigo of queasy strings, brass and wobbly piano that feeds the paranoia and mysterious atmosphere while worming into the brain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2020
The thought of Scout worming his way through my hole in my fence and finding my ball makes me nuts.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
