worm
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Historically, a worm would exploit a fixed set of vulnerabilities, and that meant you could fix these vulnerabilities and prevent the worm from propagating any further to devices that had been updated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Edwin Austin, of the British military police, gives a brief but fitting eulogy: “Let the worm go to the worms.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
That’s his superpower: He’s a bearded human worm.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Ali likes to use expansive spaces and incorporate fabrics and textiles, whether it’s a red, sequin-covered chador or a tubular-looking worm made out of polyester, Lycra and spandex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
I lean over Gomo’s shoulder to watch Apa change the worm.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
Highlighting worries about the technology, Smith pointed to a recent Anthropic report suggesting small AI models may be only months away from behaving like computer worms, copying themselves from one internet-connected device to the next.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
His every motive feels ulterior, and his inevitable simmering romance with Lowen resembles a can of worms that could pop open at any moment.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
“AI is just a fundamentally different can of worms than crypto. Most people don’t interact with crypto on a regular basis, but AI is meeting people at their doorsteps,” Morse told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
In the worms, problems with leucine breakdown disrupted mitochondrial function and were linked to fertility problems.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
I pop a few of the gummy worms in my mouth.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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
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
The country erupted in late-night protests, and just enough legislators to form a quorum wormed their way through tanks and law enforcement to vote unanimously to end the martial law.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2024
For years, ProPublica has reported on these dubious techniques as they've wormed their way into every corner of our real-life criminal justice system.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2023
Then he bent down and wormed his way into the center of the mat.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
The charity says the costs for owners can extend well beyond feed, with veterinary care, vaccinations, worming and farrier visits all essential to a horse's welfare.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The frustratingly unforgettable Kars4kids jingle, which has been worming its way into listeners’ brains for decades, is officially banned from the airways in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Alarmingly, air pollution's effects are not confined to the breathing, as a growing body of research suggests that air pollution worming its way into the bodies of fetuses and unborn babies vis-a-vis their mothers' lungs.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2022
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
But the thought keeps worming back in, undermining every attempt to rout it out.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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