tentacles

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"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

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

Google, the core of Alphabet’s business, has its tentacles in various artificial-intelligence applications, and that breadth will be the primary narrative in the megacap internet trade this year, Raymond James argued.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

“We have been lacerated by the tentacles of corruption and by criminal networks that have profoundly marked the life of our country,” Zelaya wrote on X on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Beneath it, a mass of tentacles covered with circular stingers twisted in the water, at least ten feet long.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz