venomous
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates about 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes each year, with fewer than 10 deaths annually.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
They are also the only venomous primates in the world, using specialized teeth to deliver a toxic bite.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
Individually, many of us choose to remain anonymous while publicly spewing the most venomous insults at those with whom we disagree.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026
Carse produced a lifter to Usman Khawaja so venomous it could have been a spitting cobra.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
They had not gone more than a few yards when from behind them came a sound, startling and horrible in the heavy padded silence: a gurgling, bubbling noise, and a long venomous hiss.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing venomous
A Thousand Splendid Suns
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