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crawler

[kraw-ler] / ˈkrɔ lər /


NOUN
milquetoast
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Sites that blocked Google’s AI crawler were much less likely to appear in those AI summaries.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Traveling at a top speed of just 0.82 mph, the crawler moved the massive Moon rocket steadily toward the launch pad.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026

Not another cooking game, but instead a new take on a dungeon crawler where you can team up with your friends to survive in a twisted reality show competition.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024

Despite being a dungeon crawler, the series has an unusually explicit focus on food.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2024

“An unfortunate crawler told us you drowned, Ripred,” said the king in a low voice.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

Meanwhile, Time is helping advertisers get their messages in front of bots, using a sort of Trojan horse approach—creating text-based ads that regular readers never see but that AI crawlers might find.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Initially the system will apply by default to new users of Cloudflare services, plus sites that participated in an earlier effort to block crawlers.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025

If there’s been an even more difficult task than policing predatory A.I. crawlers, it’s been keeping Reddit interactions personal, healthy, and as bot-free as possible.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2025

When Adam Cooper came across an old junkyard filled with RVs and rock crawlers in South Central, he immediately saw its potential.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024

The furry crawlers were a much larger species of spider than Charlotte had been.

From "George" by Alex Gino


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