cobra
Example Sentences
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Sometimes the pitch is flat as a pancake, other times it spits like a cobra.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
This drama will not end well: “Watch Your Step” has a coiled energy, a cobra poised to strike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
A drug commonly prescribed to thin blood can be repurposed as a cheap antidote to cobra venom, a team of scientists based in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the UK has discovered.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024
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
Together, they checked the fangs of every cobra in attendance, searching for the one that had killed the man.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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