garter
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When mice invaded his house, he didn’t poison them but enlisted the help of a garter snake he found outside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
The question for the giant garter snake’s future lies in whether it was saved in time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
Lacking Spotify, they decided to pass the time by undertaking “an enumeration and actual count” of road-killed animals—a battered weasel here, a flattened garter snake there.
From Slate ● May 25, 2024
For the first time, researchers — employing an innovative twist on the mirror test — have found evidence that garter snakes can distinguish themselves from others, using not sight but scent.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
Glenn handed over a skinny little more-or-less green garter snake, ten or so inches long.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Every star who has taken up the character’s corset and garters since has followed his lead.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Men could wear blouses and shirts on the outside, while women could do away with their corsets, stockings, and garters.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 9, 2024
Elasticized waistbands, knee-high socks and garters, painted a picture of comfortable chic.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
In photo shoots, they wore outfits with a Baroque flounce: blazers and ruffled shirts, ascots and sleeve garters.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2020
He was leaning his elbows on the table, hair in eyes, his rumpled shirtsleeves held up with striped garters.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
