slithers

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"You take multiple pictures, sometimes over 100 and it takes tiny little slithers of focus, and then you put all those into software, and that creates your final image."

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Unbeknownst to us though, the real Chalamet, incognito in a mask and baseball hat, slithers through the crowd like an undetected chosen one, or like his character, Lisan al Gaib in “Dune.”

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024

Once it has a plan in place, the 14-foot-long robot lowers its head, engages its 48 motors and slowly slithers forward.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

You stand stock-still until it quiets down and slithers on its way.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2023

The dragon’s teeth part, and a long, lavender tongue slithers toward Jeanne.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz