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as in drags
to move slowly
the weekend traffic on the road to the beach just crawled
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as in lingers
to move or act slowly
the deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl
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Recent Examples of crawls
The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
In Elf, while Santa (the late Ed Asner) is setting out toys at an orphanage on Christmas Eve, Buddy (Will Ferrell) crawls into his sack.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
Dead Bug Ab-cross crawls support overall ab strength.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 20 Dec. 2025
For example, in Jaén and Ronda, fragrant olive mills reveal just how this liquid gold is pressed, while like San Sebastian boast pintxos crawls with a private local guide to celebrate the quality and artistry of each small bite — which naturally gets paired with equally delicious conversation.
—Spain Tourism, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Creepy robot crawls Olson is pushing the boundaries of what humanoid robots can do, and his latest experiment has captured widespread attention online.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
As the morning crawls along, Guy is stoned.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2025
Doechii crawls and dances on top of a desk for Edebiri, who sits and playfully fans herself.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2025
What to do if the -- if the original guy crawls out of his grave and wants his job back.
—ABC News, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
Since the holidays, many of us have spent winter days cooped up inside, shuttling between work, school and home while the calendar crawls toward spring.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for crawls
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Move too far away from it and the outside chill creeps in.—
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Depop determined that, as decision fatigue creeps into even the act of getting dressed, reliable replicas (think tailored trousers, sharp outerwear, crisp button-downs) will become the backbone of Gen Z wardrobes.—
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Iwobi’s movement drags Ladislav Krejci wider, increasing the space between the lines and creating a clear passing angle for Calvin Bassey.—
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This not-quite-title song, which is nearly eight minutes long, is a sort of mini-suite, opening with a dog barking, giving way to an acoustic-guitar melody accompanying polyphonic vocals, then becoming electric and crashingly alive, until the relentless screech of a guitar drags you to the end.—
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Today the sprawling complex is a museum and visitor attraction, where a sense of unease lurks along paved tourist trails and lingers in dark corridors.—
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Early next week, a brief warmup returns highs to the 30s before cooler air likely lingers deeper into mid-January.—
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Once a cushioned conduit to the other side, the casket now bursts with the wisdom of a life lived outside the box.—
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Later, as the film plays, the crowd bursts intermittently into laughter, cracking up at the clown-car quality of everyone piling into the van for the first time.—
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Bayt Almocha had also been expected to open last summer, but delays pushed that plan back to March.—
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The Covid pandemic snarled airplane assembly at both Boeing and its chief rival, Airbus, with supply chain delays and loss of experienced workers, even after the worst of the health crisis subsided.—
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Englewood is home to Cedar Point Environmental Park along Lemon Bay, where pine flatwoods cover most of the park, and Oyster Creek Regional Park, where a boardwalk snakes through tidal mangroves, allowing visitors to enjoy bird-watching.—
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Two incumbents — west Charlotte’s Thelma Byers-Bailey and Summer Nunn, whose district snakes along the county’s southern border — chose not to run for reelection to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education.—
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That is not unique — Major League Baseball’s offseason shuffles along at a deliberate pace, just as the Dodgers historically have liked.—
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In front of me, as various motors rev up to speed, the robot shuffles in place, looking like an arthritic boxer readying for a fight.—
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Is every head that pokes in to look at me actually Frank himself?—
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The Aries moon pokes holes in old insecurities about competence and productivity.—
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“Crawls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawls. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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