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 decision led not only to new habitat for the area’s endangered garter snake and threatened red-legged frog, but also a bike path alongside the creek for humans to enjoy.
From Slate ● May 26, 2025
The Sierra garter snake told us this is not the case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
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
I jumped up, terrified, and she said, “No no, God, it’s just a garter snake.”
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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
But a Suffering Bastard or a Zombie doesn’t belong in a dark, speakeasy-inspired space, fussed over by an exacting bartender wearing arm garters.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2019
Lauren Swann, 35, of Venice, California, sews garters for good friends using strips of stretch lace and appliqués she finds on Etsy.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2018
For the time being, it revealed itself only in women’s wardrobes: no more garters and girdles, tights rather than stockings, flatter shoes.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 18, 2018
I had never heard this before and wondered what garters were.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
