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Then, the males wriggle up and twist and wrap around them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

The central midfielder is Panama's tempo setter and creative spark, working tirelessly in and out of possession and showcasing an impressive ability to wriggle out of tight spaces and drive the team upfield.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

The rules allowed some wriggle room for Japan to ship weapons and components to key partners under joint-development programs deemed critical to Japan’s security, such as ballistic missile defense systems developed with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Now that it seems he can’t hide from the story entirely, Hegseth is trying to wriggle out from responsibility by blaming an underling, Adm.

From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025

More maggots wriggle around on the lids and out of the open mouth.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

It wriggles back into the streets aiming for friends, tunes, food.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

As her three-year-old daughter wriggles on her lap and plays with her mother's hair, Rebecca gives an honest assessment of what dealing with poverty means for her.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

She wriggles her nose, rolls her eyes and turns her face to the side, trying not to completely cast me off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2024

When a nematode wriggles around a petri dish, what’s going on inside a tiny roundworm’s even tinier brain?

From Scientific American ● Aug. 21, 2023

Connor gasps as the clam wriggles its short neck.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Forty years ago in February, Jackson wriggled free of her father Joe Jackson’s stifling management with the release of “Control.”

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2026

James Justin wriggled free inside the Forest area and when his shot was saved by Ortega, he had the presence of mind to square the rebound to Okafor, who slotted home from 10 yards.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

She said she slipped his grip, wriggled free and got away.”

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2025

Lewis, who starred at half-back for England in their series win over Tonga at the end of 2023, wriggled away from defenders to score the Robins' third try.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024

Baby wriggled free, ran to Ugwu, and stood there looking at Olanna with baffled eyes as if she no longer recognized her.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Before you know it, white worms are wriggling and swarming in every garbage bag and along the walls and floors and underlids of every trash can.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Rolling off the bed in a silicon sleep cocoon, Grace gradually evolves from a wriggling larval stage into a fully upright, walking and talking smarty-pants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

When he got there, everything was fine, except that her baby, he discovered, was one of two wriggling black mounds covered by swarms of black flies, which were "devouring the remnants of the placental membranes."

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2025

Over a period of 20 years, he trained the programme's string of guide dogs, often appearing on TV surrounded by wriggling puppies.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024

“I guess I could use some help to keep an eye on Sabrina,” she said, her three-month-old drooling machine wriggling in a baby wrap against her chest.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas