as in slug
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
go and tell the snails in the back to hurry up
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as in to drag
to move slowly
the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles
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Recent Examples of snail
Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
If the rooster isn’t your speed there’s other options available including a cow, fish, snail, and more.
—Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024
Kristen Rogers, CNN, 2 June 2020
Cathy Jordan may die as this snails its way through the system.
—Dara Kam, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 July 2018
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Noun
As the tiny plants emerge, keep a sharp eye out for birds, gophers, snails and slugs who might find the seedlings tasty, Shepherd said.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
If the rooster isn’t your speed there’s other options available including a cow, fish, snail, and more.
—Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024
Verb
Davison and the scientists bred the lefty snails together, and over three years, nearly 15,000 eggs were hatched from four generations of snails, including Jeremy.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 2 June 2020
Cathy Jordan may die as this snails its way through the system.
—Dara Kam, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 July 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snail
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But for a scientific team who found a remarkable creature, literally beyond the depths of where conventional slugs dwell, the line becomes quite a compliment.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
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Slimy slugs and snails are thriving in Los Angeles, California and appear to prefer urban life.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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The longer the war in Ukraine drags on, the more the cost of deterring China goes up.Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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She had been strangled with a ligature, bludgeoned and dragged by a car into the desert wash, police said.Alaa Elassar, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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For years, however, the face of the gigantic crawler eluded scientists—Arthropleura fossils discovered since the 1800s were often only remnants of headless exoskeletons left behind during molting.Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Previously, sites could distinguish between approving access to helpful bots that drive traffic, like search engine crawlers, and denying access to bad bots that try to take down sites or scrape sensitive or competitive data.Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2024
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Access is easy without the need for ladders (rooftop tents) or crawling (traditional ground tents).Fergus Scholes, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Here's why At one point he’s basically indentured to almost comically evil thieves, who force him to crawl through small spaces in the rubble to steal for them.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Don’t wait for slowpokes to join in; follow your heart and make your dreams come true.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
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That said, not everyone agrees that letting the slowpokes who fumble with their bags in the overhead bins off first is more polite.NerdWallet, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
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Black Friday 2024 continues to creep closer, and the latest sale was announced by PlayStation through the PlayStation Blog Wednesday morning.John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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As members returned to session this week, snapshots of this opposition crept up in GOP leadership fights, Trump’s closed-door meeting with Republican House members and his picks for cabinet roles, giving a preview of what the next few years could look like.Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2024
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Cover up on the top half and let transparent details poke out from underneath.Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
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The late-night host also poked fun at a photo of Trump, Elon Musk, RFK Jr., Donald Trump Jr. and House Speaker Mike Johnson eating McDonald’s on his private plane after attending the UFC 309 event on Saturday.Ellise Shafer, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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Other Bets was the laggard, delivering a narrower but great-than-expected loss to $1.12 billion.Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
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With 90% of Australian’s employed in the services sector, those service sectors are exactly the ones that are laggards.Tim Clark, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Snail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snail. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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