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spider

[spahy-der] / ˈspaɪ dər /
NOUN
frying pan
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NOUN
griddle
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The Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP called the spider an "incredibly clean, ruthless killer" who was "absolutely fascinating to rear".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“He’s almost more spider than human, which is a very Nick Cage take that I loved,” Uziel says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The spider need not be a figure of grotesquerie, Ms. Tatar tells us, but one of redemption—of creation—and of story.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Fans of mixed metaphors will enjoy Czechia's Daniel Žižka, whose song Crossroads finds him in open waters... and in foreign fields, and in a golden cage and also in a "vicious spider web".

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Then she goes to work and stings a spider with her pizen.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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