snakelike
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Soon Marshall’s tailrace was universally acknowledged to be the doorway to the Mother Lode, “a snakelike vein of quartz-encapsulated gold that extended for more than 150 miles along the western edge” of the Sierra Nevada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
This multipronged approach revealed that while other reptiles have evolved many snakelike traits -- 25 different groups of lizards also lost their limbs, for instance -- only snakes experienced this level of explosive diversification.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024
“It doesn’t matter where the money comes from if no one ever looks,” one snakelike character connected to the PAC tries to reassure another.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
The byway’s 27 miles of snakelike curves follow the river, surrounded by gently sloping, tuft-covered hills that climb to stunning basalt columns.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
Following the snakelike pattern with my eyes, in no time I knew exactly where I was, for I knew every bend in the river.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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