as in whim
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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Almost 25,000 votes were cast by some 9,000 people worldwide, who were asked to choose just three favorites from a list of 21 nominees including maggots, ants, crickets and flies.
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Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
The pairs had to hold hands inside a glass box as spiders, maggots and cockroaches were placed inside in order to win safety.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
The family’s so poor now that Rebekka refuses even to bury dear old Otto, opting instead to let Agnes’s father rot in a dark backroom as flies and maggots gradually consume his carcass.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
The bag had maggots inside and inside the suitcase police found the decomposing body of Johnson’s 7-year-old niece, Joshlyn Marie James Johnson, according to the news outlet.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
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Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
The pairs had to hold hands inside a glass box as spiders, maggots and cockroaches were placed inside in order to win safety.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
The family’s so poor now that Rebekka refuses even to bury dear old Otto, opting instead to let Agnes’s father rot in a dark backroom as flies and maggots gradually consume his carcass.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
The bag had maggots inside and inside the suitcase police found the decomposing body of Johnson’s 7-year-old niece, Joshlyn Marie James Johnson, according to the news outlet.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Maggot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maggot. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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