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cobra

[koh-bruh] / ˈkoʊ brə /


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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

"We hope that the new cobra antidote we found can assist in the global fight to reduce death and injury from snakebite in some of the world’s poorest communities."

From BBC Jul. 17, 2024

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

Bodega stared at him like a cobra waiting to bite.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez




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