ant

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Bernard Suits, a philosopher who focused on sports, disagreed, and he drew on Aesop’s fable of the ant and the grasshopper in his inventive rebuttal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

"This new ant species is the insect equivalent of cleaner fish in the ocean," Moffett said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

I was sitting on a fire ant hill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"The reality is that no ant species is currently listed under Cites," Sérgio Henriques, a researcher into the global ant trade, told the BBC.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

If Percy charged to help Bob, he would get squashed like an ant.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan