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cobra

[koh-bruh] / ˈkoʊ brə /


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Videos shared on social media show a snake handler removing a snake from her apartment, as people nearby can be heard screaming: "It is a cobra!"

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

In their first adventure, which hit bookshelves in 2017, a deadly king cobra has escaped from London Zoo onto the streets of the capital, and it is up to Toto to save the day.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025

A cobra bites Chelsea and she’s whisked away to a hospital.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2025

When she and Dr. Tessler analyzed the leech’s movement, they identified that it made a curling motion similar to the move a cobra makes before it strikes.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

When it was all put together and painted, with a cardboard vulture’s head and cobra glued to the front, it looked so impressive they could hardly believe they’d made it themselves.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder


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