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snake

[snayk] / sneɪk /
NOUN
reptile
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But, of course, it was possible that someone purchased and was keeping the snake illegally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Anyone who spots the snake is asked to provide the location to the department by calling 714-834-4211.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

At night, queues snake around the block outside nightclubs where DJ’s spin thumping house music for big-spending revelers, their faces sculpted by surgery and tanned by the sun.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Researchers have named a newly identified snake species from New Guinea Lielaphis slashi, or Slash's groundsnake.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Like the crawl of a black snake, they wound their way beneath tall white sycamores, black gums, birches, and box elders.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

In 2006, readers learned how to properly transport snakes on a plane, and whether George W. Bush was shrinking.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

It’s a case of hagiography vs. herpetology: stories of saints vs. stories of snakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

It's here, in the spaghetti-like wiring which snakes through a data centre where copper is targeted for replacement.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Because yellow-bellied sea snakes are completely adapted to living in the ocean, they are helpless and virtually unable to move if they wash up on the beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 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

A line snaked around the temple’s restaurant, known for vegetarian noodles that cost about $2 a bowl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Cars honking their horns snaked through the capital of the small South American country that does not usually get a lot of attention for anything.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Lines to the courthouse in the early days of the trial snaked through the jasmine-scented courtyard in the Bay Area’s always-gloomy early mornings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 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

The willow’s unharmed branches snaked toward Sigurd, keeping a distance from him but ready to whip at him if needed.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

After a five-hour wait for petrol, Mongolian pensioner Nasanjargal is still 10 places from the pump, with dozens of cars behind him in a queue snaking into the arid steppe.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

When her foster mom is preparing dinner, Lu sneakily samples from her siblings’ meals, snaking her tongue into each bowl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Retrials and appeals are snaking through the system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Bit by bit, with short but steady lurches, we get the cart to the front of the store, and into one of the snaking checkout lines.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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