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[krawl] / krɔl /




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Not a basket of breads you’ll feel compelled to eat, nibble by nibble, or some roast that will eventually grow horns and crawl out of the refrigerator.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

While the lineup looked to be reduced after West Hollywood’s iconic Book Soup closed indefinitely due to a water main break, event organizers say they plan to reopen for the crawl.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The smell of rubbish hangs heavy in the air as pickup trucks and handcarts crawl through narrow alleyways, unloading the day's collections while children weave between them chasing footballs.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Compared with brachiopods, bivalves have greater energy demands because of their larger bodies and muscular "foot" that allows them to burrow and crawl.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Jonah just wanted to walk in, crawl into bed, pull the covers over his face, and sleep until all the scary things in his life disappeared.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

While Kumar’s book crawls on average draw about 20 attendees each, she said the community that’s formed around them is much larger.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

OpenAI crawls the web with bots to build an index for ChatGPT, just like Google does.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

As she crawls, screams, scratches and sneers, Lawrence maintains a soulful balance between Grace’s creeping delirium and her ceaseless dedication to her newborn son.

From Salon Nov. 7, 2025

The West Midlands Peaky Blinder Group, which arranges monthly meet-ups and pub crawls for show enthusiasts, has grown to 44,000 members since being set up in 2018.

From BBC Oct. 19, 2025

Moss covers their shoulders and crawls up their bark cheeks.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

The author recalls how the “astonishing numbers of people who got in their cars, crawled through traffic, sat in massive crowds, cheered and bought some campaign swag” proved something unique was going on.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Roa and his companions initially crawled and then cut a hole to reach the site.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

Once inside, they climbed, rappelled, crawled, and even floated through flooded sections while recording the caves' shapes and fracture patterns.

From Science Daily Jun. 2, 2026

I crawled across the parking lot to show my viewers how weak they’d become.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2026

If the water was too deep, she would have to hold her breath until she crawled to a shallow place.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

There have also been reports of people unable to refrigerate medication and a wheelchair user crawling down their stairs in the absence of working lifts.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

There, crawling on eight legs across the white sheets toward us, sporting a single dot on its back, was a deep-red, plump tick.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

“It’s like this that humanism itself gets swallowed up by nihilism,” he adds, concretizing that image in his movie with many scenes of environmental degradation realized as crawling blobs of death.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

FOXBOROUGH, Mass.—France and Morocco were about to take the field, and Emily Austin was still crawling through traffic toward Gillette Stadium.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Of course, the Incorrigibles were not at all afraid of the dark, and were perfectly used to crawling on all fours.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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