snail
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I grew up with telephone party lines in the ’60s, snail mail and reading physical newspapers, books and magazines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The Madeira government had asked the Chester Zoo experts to help with the snail conservation.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
"The fishermen themselves selected snail farming," said Seidu -- and they cannot meet the demand.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
"Some bee species burrow holes in wood or in the ground, or use empty structures for nests. Some species in Europe and Africa even build their nests in empty snail shells,"
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Leaning on the horn, and trying to avoid the potholes full of water, he drove up and down the muddy paths, slow as a snail, between rows and rows of perfectly aligned one-room cabins.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
There’s another scene as well, where the kid comes home from school and she sits in his little place where he has his snails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Just 21 Madeiran lands snails were found clinging to a rock on Portugal's Bugio Island.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Today, rows of giant African snails crawl inside wooden pens in Adjoa, a coastal community where fishing families are testing the new source of income.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
In contrast, only about half of mollusks, including clams and snails, disappeared.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
And she was still finding plenty of peacock snails.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
