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

"With their tentacles and their suckers they could perfectly hold on to such an animal and there is no escape," said Christian Klug, a palaeontologist at the University of Zurich, who reviewed the research.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Jellyfish galaxies get their name from the long, flowing streams of gas that stretch out behind them, resembling tentacles.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Distracted, he scratched Skardebek’s back and combed his fingers through her little nest of tentacles.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin