as in whim
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
the last maggot he got in his head resulted in a disastrous extramarital affair
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Recent Examples of maggot
In southern Texas, residents are being urged to monitor pets, livestock, and wildlife for symptoms including irritated behavior, smell of decaying flesh, presence of maggots in wounds, head shaking, and loss of appetite.
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
In news that seems straight out of a sci-fi movie, flesh-eating maggots are set to hatch in the lower U.S. soon.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 10 July 2025
The federal government is planning to breed millions of flies and dump them over Mexico and Texas via airplanes in an effort to combat a flesh-eating maggot.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
Unlike most maggots that tend to feed off of dead flesh, the screwworm larvae feed off the fresh flesh of the host and can cause serious and often deadly damage to the host.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 13 May 2025
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
In news that seems straight out of a sci-fi movie, flesh-eating maggots are set to hatch in the lower U.S. soon.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 10 July 2025
The federal government is planning to breed millions of flies and dump them over Mexico and Texas via airplanes in an effort to combat a flesh-eating maggot.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
Unlike most maggots that tend to feed off of dead flesh, the screwworm larvae feed off the fresh flesh of the host and can cause serious and often deadly damage to the host.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maggot
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Yet, how can true agility be achieved when the very tools and platforms meant to empower us simultaneously bind us to the whims of a select few?—
Rajat Bhargava,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The health and safety of our communities should not hang on the whim of a political ideologue.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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Airport personnel first tried to disperse the bees with smoke.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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A graduate of UW-Whitewater, Monica Cull wrote for several organizations, including one that focused on bees and the natural world, before coming to Discover Magazine.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
9 July 2025
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“Maggot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maggot. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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