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as in to delay
to move or act slowly
the deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl
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Recent Examples of crawl
Elaine Glusac, AFAR Media, 25 June 2025
Italian food lovers can graze their way through Eataly’s new two-story marketplace inside Aventura Mall, blending shopping with a flavorful food crawl.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
Toria Sheffield, People.com, 12 July 2025
Bandits, raiders, and more monsters crawl the barren landscape.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
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Verb
Home to grocers, restaurants, and specialty food stalls, Milwaukee Public Market is a good place to start a cheese crawl.
—Elaine Glusac, AFAR Media, 25 June 2025
Italian food lovers can graze their way through Eataly’s new two-story marketplace inside Aventura Mall, blending shopping with a flavorful food crawl.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
Noun
The teen crawled through the window and stepped into the cold, rushing water.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 12 July 2025
Bandits, raiders, and more monsters crawl the barren landscape.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crawl
Verb
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From the Viking Mars orbiters and landers of the 1970s through the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, which are still operating today, the Red Planet has crept from the dreadful waste seen by Mariner 4 to a place once covered in shallow oceans and with a possibly temperate atmosphere.—
Rod Pyle,
Space.com,
14 July 2025
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Battling Tool Sprawl Decision fatigue creeps in when consultants juggle a dozen unintegrated AI assistants, each with its own prompt syntax, data connectors and permission model.—
Noah Ohrner,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Charlie's sudden, grotesque exit becomes the catalyst for the rest of the film, dragging her family down a relentless tailspin of grief (and ancestral demons).—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
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Pitmaster Roy Perez ceremoniously dragged a metal tub of hot coals up Commerce Street to transfer the fire from the old pits to the new ones.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
23 July 2025
Verb
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However, rocket launches can often be delayed due to poor weather or issues with the spacecraft.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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South Park's season 27 premiere was delayed and ultimately moved from Comedy Central to Paramount+ amid parent company Paramount's pending merger with Skydance.—
Emlyn Travis Published,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
Verb
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What transpires is a film bursting at the seams with heart, adored by laymen and critics alike.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
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An instant later, six-foot-tall flames burst upward in blazing pillars, followed by an intoxicating waft of garlic, lemon and herbs that permeated the air over a crowd of awed onlookers.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
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Soldiers marshalled traffic on a rural road along which artillery guns were being loaded and fired in succession, emitting orange flashes followed by loud explosions and grey smoke.—
Shoon Naing,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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The world's top golfer was arrested in May 2024 during the PGA championships after an incident with police directing traffic.—
Lauren Huff Published,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
Verb
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Her group of spies, scouts, and other freedom fighters piloted three Union steamboats snaking up the lower Combahee River with Colonel James Montgomery of the Second South Carolina Volunteers and one battery of the Third Rhode Island Artillery.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Younger sister Elle wore a black silk slip dress that hit just below the knee, with sheer straps and panelling that snaked down the bodice with light embroidery, paired with black kitten heels and a small rectangular clutch bag.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 July 2025
Verb
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This review pokes a useful hole in the breathless reception this film received, while managing to feel fond.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
24 July 2025
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The dish is almost a tease, tickling and poking you by showcasing carrots such that here a confident argument is made to herald them in as the pre-eminent salad vegetable.—
Timothy DePeugh,
Charlotte Observer,
23 July 2025
Verb
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Do lingering questions about this biotechnology disqualify it?—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Yet these employment cuts can have devastating consequences on workers and cause lingering damage to the labor market at large.—
Omeed Maghzian,
Harvard Business Review,
21 July 2025
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“Crawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawl. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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