cobra

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Throw in a pitch spitting like a cobra from a length at one end, Jasprit Bumrah bowling missiles and turn for Ravindra Jadeja, and England were second favourites.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

But the former truck mechanic said that he had "completely screwed up" early on when two cobra bites in quick succession left him in a coma.

From BBC • May 2, 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

We even saw a mad cobra in the yard.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau