serpent
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What the pair found was a desert highway that rolls up and down, like an asphalt serpent, with deadly blind peaks and treacherous hidden troughs.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
The Grand Inga is like a "serpent - it is up, down, visible, not visible," José Ángel González Tausz, chairman of AEE Power, a Spanish-run company and partner in the project, tells the BBC.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025
“I’m not playing,” she says, laughing, showing off a gold ring with a serpent design.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2024
If the former, you need antivenom, but good luck telling from the mere glimpse of a tail you got as the serpent slithered into the underbrush.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2024
The serpent was more than a creature; it seemed like a living monument, as eternal and elemental as a mountain range.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Vocabulary lists containing serpent
Christopher Columbus' Diary: The First Voyage
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Unit 5, Week 4
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
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