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as in to squirm
to make jerky or restless movements
a toddler wriggling in his seat all throughout the church service
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Recent Examples of wriggle
Murphy continued his fine pre-season, Isak turned provider before missing a penalty which his wriggling brilliance had won and Longstaff is again scoring goals.
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George Caulkin, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
The gap grew worse with the launch of PlayStation 2 in 2000, with Sony wriggling their way into households across the globe with an immense library including the Final Fantasy and Grand Theft Auto series, on top of its popularity as an affordable DVD player.
—Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
But Trump famously wriggles free from such fetters and resists being hemmed in.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
Here are five interesting facts about all that wriggles or grows around Lady Bird Lake.
—Cross Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 9 July 2024
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George Caulkin, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
The gap grew worse with the launch of PlayStation 2 in 2000, with Sony wriggling their way into households across the globe with an immense library including the Final Fantasy and Grand Theft Auto series, on top of its popularity as an affordable DVD player.
—Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
But Trump famously wriggles free from such fetters and resists being hemmed in.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
Here are five interesting facts about all that wriggles or grows around Lady Bird Lake.
—Cross Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 9 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wriggle
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The pediatric dentist must use his or her unique expertise to make split-second decisions when a six-year-old child is squirming in the chair.Chris Westfall, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Lauren Goode: At this point, Zuckerberg is squirming in his seat.Lauren Goode, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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Some sailors clung to mooring lines, crawling across to find safety.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
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The creature then rips her mouth open and crawls inside.EW Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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With that, a huge part of any new sports league is finding the right theme song, one that will stick viewers, carrying them through victory and sorrow, and worming its way into the back on their mind after endless hours of repetition.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
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The uncertainty, the instability, the danger that pervades his life worms off the page and into your brain.Longreads, Longreads, 22 Nov. 2024
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Low-voltage emissions cause the prey to involuntarily twitch.Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Locals twitched at their curtains and looked outside.James Horncastle, The Athletic, 2 July 2024
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Meanwhile, the Christmas classics are creeping back into the mix as the holidays approach.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2024
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And despite the warning signs, tunnel vision crept in.Matthew Beddingfield and George Leopold, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
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Dali stowed away in the airplane's lavatory According to a criminal complaint filed on Dec. 5, Dali reportedly snuck aboard Delta Air Lines flight 264 at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport bound for Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Nov. 26.Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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That might be a welcome reprieve for those of us who are usually glum during the holidays (just me?), but the blues can sneak up on anyone.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2024
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Prep Potatoes In a large bowl, toss potatoes and onion with reserved bacon drippings, salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder.Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2024
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The motorcycle’s 705 pounds with a full tank of gas were easy to toss around, even during Flintstone moves when parking.Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Reached by a real asphalted road, which snakes around the mountainside, the mountain also affords spectacular panoramic views of wooded plains way below, stretching to the horizon.John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
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At the recruiting expo, as people stood in snaking lines that sometimes stretched longer than those for the night’s afterparties, all the big players were accounted for: Netflix, Axon, Meta, Google, Oracle.Jason Parham, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Wriggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wriggle. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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