: a fast swimming stroke executed in a prone position with alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick
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: lettering that moves vertically or horizontally across a television or motion-picture screen to give information (such as performer credits or news bulletins)
Verb Does the baby crawl yet? We got down on our knees and crawled through a small opening. The baby crawled across the floor toward her mother. The soldiers crawled forward on their bellies. The snake crawled into its hole. They're doing construction on the road, so traffic is crawling. I worked late into the night, and it was 2 a.m. before I finally crawled into bed. The bus crawled along the rough and narrow road. The days slowly crawled by. Work on the project has crawled to a standstill. Noun Near the construction site, traffic had slowed to a crawl. The bus was moving along at a crawl. Her strongest stroke is the crawl. See More
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He’s one of the few reasons, if any, to think the Red Sox can crawl back into the playoff chase. Jason Mastrodonato, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2022 Allan attempted to crawl into the vehicle to keep Brown calm until paramedics arrived, but Brown shot him 11 times.Washington Post, 7 May 2022 Allan attempted to crawl into the vehicle to keep Brown calm until paramedics arrived. Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 May 2022 Working closely with the faithful Louis Howe, Father’s political aide, Mother strengthened his resolve not to give in to the temptation to crawl into a hole at Hyde Park and let the world pass him by. James Roosevelt, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2022 My brain tells me to do my nighttime skincare routine, but my body tells me to crawl into bed. Garrett Munce, Town & Country, 1 May 2022 Down 2-0, Pascal Siakam and the Toronto Raptors will try and crawl back into their series against Joel Embiid, James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers tonight in the third game of their first round 2022 NBA playoffs series.oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2022 Spring has arrived at last, but Tesla bears might want to crawl back into their caves to hibernate some more. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2022 Guards forced some captives to crawl back to their cells. James Marson, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022
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Then came the grinding crawl to the majors, interrupted in January 2021 with a trade to the Pirates. Nathan Baird, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2022 The National Fried Chicken Day crawl was started in 2021 by Regarding Her, an all-female restaurant organization. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022 The bar crawl starts at Avenue Bar, where participants can pick up their vouchers and get the party started, and visits multiples downtown venues. Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2022 This scene falls right after the flashy credits that come before the long crawl. Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 May 2022 Judith dropped me off, then booked it to the starting line of the beer crawl.Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022 Eight years later, their union has created Union Kitchen & Bar, a new Peruvian and Italian neighborhood eatery that debuted mid-August at 2309 N. Dixie Highway, one block south of the nightlife crawl on Wilton Drive. Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Aug. 2021 Admission into the car crawl is free, except for the Saturday night fundraiser. Nour Rahal And Janelle James, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2021 Amid the growing housing crisis, taxpayers have grown frustrated with the snail-like crawl of affordable housing development.oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2021 See More