creeper
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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
As Donoghue writes, “What’s between them grows like a creeper that covers the ugliest bricks and drainpipes in living green.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
The newly identified species has been named Arenaepeton supinatus, which means "sand creeper on its back" in Latin.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2023
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 can't hardly move with all these creeper things."
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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
“Let us as much as possible, train out creepers, and branches of trees, upon bridges, pulling down and nailing the branches, aiming to obtain shade and reflection of foliage and broken obscuration of water.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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