serpent
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There was, however, “a serpent lurking in the long grass”—to wit, Thatcher, for whom Mr. Kidd has the purest loathing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Father Carlos Martins, for example, produces an Exorcist Files podcast with 40,000 followers on YouTube that promises to take viewers through his experiences “battling the ancient serpent in many forms.”
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026
The biblical passage recounts how the serpent, typically interpreted as the devil in Christian theology, tempted Eve to sin by eating the forbidden fruit.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
The name combines "Naga," a legendary serpent from Thai and Southeast Asian mythology, with "Titan," referencing the giants of Greek mythology.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026
But that autumn the serpent got into Meg’s paradise, and tempted her like many a modern Eve, not with apples, but with dress.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Like endless, dormant serpents, the colossal concrete casing of the pipelines stretched along the seabed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Think animal jewelry — bridles, straps and other harness parts adorned with eagle heads, rosettes, griffins, busts of Herakles, serpents and lions, often shaped from gold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
The researchers analyzed what the landscape would have been like in the past and concluded the serpents would have been most visible from other hilltops and from the river.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 3, 2024
Elapid snakes are venomous and among the deadliest serpents in the world.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2024
His thoughts were all of water monsters, of giant serpents, of demons, kelpies, and sprites...
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing serpent
Christopher Columbus' Diary: The First Voyage
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