as in snail
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
he's always the crawler who makes everyone else late
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The community is also developing collaborative tools to help protect against these crawlers.
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Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2025
Update your website's robots.txt file to explicitly allow access to legitimate AI crawlers like OpenAI's GPTBot and Google's AI systems, while still blocking problematic scrapers.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Brands and retailers’ offerings are ingested by OpenAI’s technology so long as they aren’t opted out of its search crawler, OAI-SearchBot.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 28 Apr. 2025
Google’s index ballooned as its crawlers struggled to process this relentless deluge of pages.
—Ivan Guzenko, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2025
Update your website's robots.txt file to explicitly allow access to legitimate AI crawlers like OpenAI's GPTBot and Google's AI systems, while still blocking problematic scrapers.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Brands and retailers’ offerings are ingested by OpenAI’s technology so long as they aren’t opted out of its search crawler, OAI-SearchBot.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 28 Apr. 2025
Google’s index ballooned as its crawlers struggled to process this relentless deluge of pages.
—Ivan Guzenko, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crawler
snail
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Cone snails are one of the most venomous animals on Earth, with approximately 600-700 species of slugs in existence, according to the Ocean Conservancy (OC).—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2025
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As Reva relates the stories of her three main characters—including one whose true passion is snail conservation—her novel hums with bruised faith in the irrational power of hope, whether for peace, love, endangered species, or familial reconciliation.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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“Crawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawler. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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