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cobra

[koh-bruh] / ˈkoʊ brə /


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"You all knew Chuck Norris as the man that counted to infinity twice, the man who got bit by a cobra and the cobra died," she says.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

Carse produced a lifter to Usman Khawaja so venomous it could have been a spitting cobra.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2025

This drama will not end well: “Watch Your Step” has a coiled energy, a cobra poised to strike.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 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

A herd animal such as man would acquire a higher survival factor through this; an owl or a cobra would be destroyed.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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