worming

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A clown fish embryo maturing; a parasite worming its way into a cell; tiny mites clustered around the bases of your eyelashes.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2022

After all, it’s unclear whether there’s a technical solution to keeping A.I. from worming into student papers.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2022

But Bossie has been slowly but surely worming his back into the fold ever since.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2022

We can recognize the ridiculousness of folk tales, by they have a way of worming into our national narrative infrastructure.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2020

“I return you to the earth,” she whispered, worming her fist into the tiny space.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer