The asymmetrical advantage that enables a "centipede" is that the conspirators themselves are never outed. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
A centipede is blamed for the death of a pregnant woman in Malaysia. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
But keep in mind, as it’s been said, the centipede is a pet, and as such it has to be fed. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Big centipede vs. mouse.] Reference
The blame in this tragedy appears misplaced: it is highly unlikely that a centipede was the culprit. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
I understand about a year ago, a new kind of centipede was found in Central Park. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2003] Reference
The Google/China story has enough legs to qualify as a "centipede" at this point. From Wordnik.com. [Ars Technica] Reference
To cut a long story story, the 'centipede' only partially survives, but viewers will note that. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Google v. China: the Chinese government reacts - The Google/China story has enough legs to qualify as a "centipede" at this point. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
Hoinsey Rise; there is also an electric centipede. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Steel and Electricity] Reference
Like some silver centipede song Well if so deny me. From Wordnik.com. [thewhat Diary Entry] Reference
Obviously, then you have the centipede and the millipede. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2005] Reference
During the time I never saw a centipede, and but two tarantulas. From Wordnik.com. [Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party] Reference
Though the centipede was longer, its bulk and his were nearly equal. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
I don't know if I've ever heard anybody tell a centipede joke before. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President At One America Event] Reference
A Yankee can't be foiled, for he has more ways than a centipede has legs. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service] Reference
Then he was distracted by a centipede inching its way along the flaking paint. From Wordnik.com. [Butchers Hill]
According to the lines of a humorous poem, the centipede was said to have been. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
The McAllister centipede was trying to maneuver into a row of bleachers behind me. From Wordnik.com. ['The Manny'] Reference
I feel creepy, as if a centipede will slither from between my papers at any moment. From Wordnik.com. [i-claudius Diary Entry] Reference
The centipede became so vast and complex that no banker could begin to understand it. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
"Go back to discussing with Thomas the whys and wherefores of centipede propagation.". From Wordnik.com. [Best Left Unsaid: intro and ch.01] Reference
He owned a centipede barge on the Nile, which was the badge of big money in those days. From Wordnik.com. [A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel] Reference
He would explain the serial homologies of such creatures as the lobster and centipede thus: Animals of. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
Look how he moves; he moves very slow, and all those legs -- and it's not a centipede, it's a millipede. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Jack Hanna Lets the Fur Fly - January 11, 2001] Reference
An inhumane centipede, endlessly long, composed of millions of Americans ideologically sutured together. From Wordnik.com. [Ariel Gonzalez: President Marco Rubio] Reference
Well, vanity is a centipede with corns on every foot: I will not tread where the ground is most dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [Public Speaking] Reference
In the spider, we have a specially constructed antenna; and finally in the centipede a pair of modified thoracic limbs. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
The last pair of legs in the centipede and millipede are never used for walking, and are generally much longer than the rest. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Descendant of the centipede, it studied him from a distance of forty meters, its poisoned forward spikes twitching with unease. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
There were so many little children and nurses in their tight little pack that they looked like a centipede making its way up the steps. From Wordnik.com. ['The Manny'] Reference
Well might the little girl, on seeing a centipede for the first time, ask: "What is that queer-looking thing, with about a million legs?". From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
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