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snake

[sneyk] / sneɪk /
NOUN
reptile
Synonyms


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Zoo keepers first became concerned when the snake began eating less and spending more time inactive.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

They and the other dinosaurs — a T. rex, an armored ankylosaurus, a sight-gag-worthy giant snake — adapt to the 20th century as comfortably as coyotes, skulking through backyards in search of prey.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Weary of venomous snake bites, British authorities put a bounty on dead cobras — but this only incentivized locals to breed more of the snakes, in order to collect even more reward money.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

He does know how to make money selling snake oil.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

She was still real jumpy about having that snake around her wrist.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

If you allow people to earn cash from dead snakes, you risk getting a lot more living snakes in the process.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Yet scientists still do not fully understand how snakes developed their long, limbless bodies.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Of the 1.3 million schoolchildren evacuated from cities to the countryside, Mr. Scott writes, many “resorted to eating grasshoppers, snakes, and stream crabs as well as tooth-cleaning powder, paint, and crayons.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

He follows a carnivore diet, picks up snakes with his bare hands, and pushes videos of himself doing pushups shirtless and in jeans.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

So he’d helped Ophie plant marigolds around the outside of the burrow to keep the snakes away.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

My vista for this year’s eclipse was the cliffs of Mirador de Las Lomas, 45 minutes outside León, where a line of seekers snaked along the cliffside in either direction.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Later that afternoon, outside the ballroom, the line to meet Stone snaked along her merch table.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

The line to see Gomez’s replica of L.A.’s graffiti towers, “Oceanwide Plaza,” snaked through the gallery’s courtyard.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

Videos on social media of travellers snaked around buildings in massive queues have gone viral, and led to concerns about the US' ability to co-host the World Cup starting in June.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2026

The line snaked from the red dot of Wenatchee to a new red dot labeled Spokane.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

The clicky videos, the snaking lines of customers, the grandiose launch parties—it echoes similar consumer hype trends of the past, like McDonald’s hyperviral Travis Scott Meal or infamous Rick and Morty–fueled Szechuan Sauce incident.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

As he approached the peak of Everest in May 2019, he snapped a photo of a snaking queue of climbers all waiting to reach the summit.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Anyone who has been to Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station in New York can tell you two things: It’s absolutely stunning and snaking lines are the norm.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Photos and a video Aiello provided show bladed wire snaking around the decomposing animal’s neck and curved horns, as well as the front legs, in a desert landscape dotted with boulders.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

As we wound south through the canyon toward Julia’s house, the sun dipped down and the shadows of the mountains stretched their cloaks across the snaking roadway.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith




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