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creeper

[kree-per] / ˈkri pər /
NOUN
runner
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In the past few weeks, flowers, messages and cuddly toys have grown like a creeper on the chain link fence at the entrance of Old Timers town camp in Australia's Northern Territory.

From BBC May 15, 2026

I don’t want to sound like a creeper, but I’ve seen your own mother’s Instagram page for you, and that woman loves you.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2024

Kittelberger photographed the pictured 'Akikiki, also called Kauai's creeper, in the Alaka'i Wilderness Preserve in 2022, when it was believed around 70 or so remained in the wild; today, only one individual remains.

From Science Daily Nov. 27, 2024

Native to North America, they also eat small berries from our native plants such as Virginia creeper.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 2023

I’m not asking, because I don’t want to be a creeper.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

The vine puts out long creepers that since ancient times have been trained upward between poplar trees.

From Washington Post Jan. 26, 2023

He teamed it with a silver neck chain and earring plus white brothel creepers for extra height.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2022

Plot twist: Vegas has been overrun by zombies— not the shambling, mindless creepers from The Walking Dead, mind you; these zombies are organized and smart.

From The Verge Apr. 18, 2021

And because it came from Rihanna’s brain herself, you couldn’t get a pair of those creepers if you tried.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 14, 2020

The Elgon forest towered around their campsite, a web of gnarled African olive trees hung with moss and creepers and dotted with a black olive that is poisonous to humans.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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