plodders

noun

plural of plodder
as in snails
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others the guide halted the tour group so that the plodders who had fallen behind could catch up

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Recent Examples of plodders Housing market suffers historic reversion to the mean Formerly sizzling metro areas have gone cold, and the unsexy plodders are back in vogue. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
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snails
Noun
  • Scientists rescued 34 endangered humped tree snails from Guam by collecting them in empty peanut butter jars ahead of a powerful typhoon.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
  • She and her hundreds of pet snails are visited by a young man named Edward Ridgeway (Alden Ehrenreich) who has been sent by her American publisher to convince her to sign a contract to write one more Ripley novel.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026
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