cobra
Example Sentences
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He was at boarding school when he stepped on a cobra in the playground.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
In their first adventure, which hit bookshelves in 2017, a deadly king cobra has escaped from London Zoo onto the streets of the capital, and it is up to Toto to save the day.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
A cobra bites Chelsea and she’s whisked away to a hospital.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025
When she and Dr. Tessler analyzed the leech’s movement, they identified that it made a curling motion similar to the move a cobra makes before it strikes.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
And then it rose and came at us like a monstrous cobra, swallowing everything in sight, and I ran.”
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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