Thesaurus results for MAGGOTS

maggots

noun

plural of maggot

as in whims

a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action the last maggot he got in his head resulted in a disastrous extramarital affair

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Recent Examples of maggots Role Model covered ‘maggots for brains,’ and Sienna Spiro covered my song ‘less’ the other day. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026 Telltale signs of a screwworm infection include growing wounds or lesions and feeding maggots on living animals. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 The screwworm gets its name from the maggots’ habit of burrowing — or screwing — into a wound, according to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. — Fabiola Sánchez, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026 Unlike most of the maggots, these ones develop in living flesh. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026 The resulting maggots hatch within a day and begin ravenously feasting on the living flesh of their victims. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026 The Medfly targets more than 250 types of fruits and vegetables by laying eggs inside them that hatch into maggots, which make the produce inedible. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 24 July 2026 If any maggots fall to the ground, they should not be discarded in the trash, as this could spread the infestation. — Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 One implant the Food and Drug Administration will not allow is maggots. — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026

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Noun

But an outdoor garden, no matter how beautiful and lovingly designed or how innovatively used in the menu, is susceptible to the whims of Miami’s humid, rainy, extraordinarily lengthy summers.

— Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
The players are not responsible for the whims of their ownership.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of whims

Noun

September is when the honey harvest ends and bees prepare for winter.

— Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
To protect the bees, no pesticides are used on the property, and the project helps support native populations, which encourages the biodiversity of endemic plant life.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026

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The entire collection was made from the fabrics, trims, notions, and remnants that have accumulated at its studio over the years.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
De Fabeltjeskrant is designed to tap into both notions, restoring and distributing the original programming for the audiences who grew up with it and simultaneously rebuilding the property for children encountering its characters for the first time.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026

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