tentacles

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Here you might spy a lion’s mane jellyfish, whose stinging tentacles have been known to grow more than 100 feet, longer than the length of a basketball court.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“These kinds of groups have deep tentacles in Southern California,” said Peter Simi, a professor of sociology at Chapman University and an expert on hate groups in the state.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Instead, it belongs to a group related to modern Nautilus, marine animals that have multiple tentacles and a distinctive external shell.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

Atkinson said Kwong "did recall a man coming to her door" but "did not appreciate that this was the tentacles reaching her from Hong Kong".

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

I am strapped with warm bungee cords—like octopus tentacles.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King