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[web] / wɛb /


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The other day, I found myself looking at a blinking cursor in a blank address bar in a new tab of my web browser.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

In 2007, the actor Felicia Day debuted “The Guild,” one of the first works, maybe the first, to demonstrate that the web could be a legitimate platform for full-blown, character-driven, narrative comedy.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

This morning, our reporters map out the web of hidden deals that caught the feds’ attention.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

"I've had books advertised for 20 years on the web which haven't sold until now".

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Inside her head grew a massive web of questions in need of untangling.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

The discovery points to a previously unrecognized pathway through which carbon stored by microbes can move into animal food webs.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

About the 10th or 12th time Spidey defeats a gaggle of adversaries by wrapping them up in webs, this series seems entangled in its own predictability.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Peter’s only physical connection to humanity is via webs and fists.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Alongside covering roads in huge nets to stop drone attacks, both Russia and Ukraine have fired thousands of tethered fibre-optic attack drones -- with the webs of discarded cables stretching for dozens of kilometres.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

Everything is composed of webs and lattices and upheavals of sound and texture.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

An amphibious mouse with webbed feet and a blob-headed fish are among 27 new species scientists have discovered in Peru.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2024

Sindle, less than 5 feet tall with curly blond hair, was born with a birth defect, toes that were partly fused together, giving her feet a webbed appearance.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2024

Back in the forest, a Wallace’s flying frog sprang from a tree—its spindly legs and webbed toes spread-eagle—seeming more bat than amphibian.

From National Geographic Jan. 23, 2024

Their feet are adapted for powerful swimming, with every toe webbed.

From Seattle Times Jan. 21, 2024

Only the oversized, brown webbed feet left some­thing to be desired in their design.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

The local authority advised people not to be concerned about the "harmless" white webbing seen in trees in Belle Isle Park, Exeter, caused by an infestation of caterpillars.

From BBC May 13, 2026

B-net is temporary and closer to webbing that’s aimed at absorbing the kinetic energy of a falling skier.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 15, 2026

The most likely sources of the spooky-looking webbing are baby spiders who use updraft winds to disperse themselves after hatching, according to scientists.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2023

Appropriately for the season, the clumps of real webbing look very similar to the fake webbing used in Halloween decorations.

From Washington Times Oct. 5, 2023

Sometimes Annie stood at the back screen door listening to the night howl, her hands pressed against the metal webbing that left indentations in the pads of her fingers.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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