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"Our data provide important information of which pathogens native snakes may likely have but also which they are likely naïve to. This can inform actions needed to prevent pathogen spillover from captive snakes," Mishin concluded.

From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026

This “Farm” isn’t lacking for good intentions and, in spots, as with Woody Harrelson’s fine casting as the naïve, loyal horse Boxer, one can see glimmers of what a good adaptation might have been.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Although it may seem naïve, on the surface, to stoop to such mundanity — a variation on our era’s “go outside and touch grass” naturalism — Styles may be genuinely onto something.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

We will have to see what evidence Badenoch has, and what Jenrick says, to assess whether that MP is simply being naïve.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

I say to him, planting a wide, naïve smile on my face.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

“I was naive when I started all this and learned a lot from ‘Tiger King,’” he says, adding that there was internal friction about what direction to go with the material.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Clara says she was "so naive and vulnerable" at that age and had no sense of how "normal" this kind of behaviour was in an adult relationship.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

But Madonna’s lived too many lives to be naive.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

“We were so naive when we signed our contract,” he told reporters recently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Perhaps the naive foreigners thought that removing us from the war would lessen our hatred for the RUF.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah