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serpent

[sur-puhnt] / ˈsɜr pənt /
NOUN
reptile
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Seen from below, the table’s ebonized-birch legs also suggest, by turns, two figures kissing, ancient post-and-lintel architecture, an undulating serpent and a recumbent figure by Henry Moore.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 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 Vasuki indicus honors the mythical serpent associated with the Hindu deity Shiva, as well as the country where the fossil was found.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2026

Near the feet of each god or goddess was an animal meant to represent them—a heron, a crocodile, a jackal, a serpent, a dove, and a hippo.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Like endless, dormant serpents, the colossal concrete casing of the pipelines stretched along the seabed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Taylor and Pauly want to set the record straight about rattlesnakes, whose rep as evil or villainous serpents is undeserved, they say.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

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

Blue fire coiled from her fingers curling like serpents around Annabeth.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan




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