looper

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In 2019, Corteva reported that genes for proteins found in maidenhair ferns could protect soybeans from soybean looper and velvetbean caterpillars, and since then both groups have sharpened their focus on ferns.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 16, 2023

Cleveland had runners at second and third with one out when Josh Naylor hit a looper to center field that Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks appeared to catch with a sliding grab.

From Washington Times • Apr. 12, 2023

He also had a brain cramp in the first inning, getting a terrible read on Albies’ looper to shallow center and getting doubled off second base in the first inning.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2021

Brian McCann’s passed ball advanced the runners, and Stanton then hit a game-ending looper — to Lindor.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2021

The newly hatched boll worm walks like a geometrical larva or looper, a measuring worm as it was called.

From Thirty Years a Slave by Hughes, Louis