cobra

Example Sentences

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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

"We hope that the new cobra antidote we found can assist in the global fight to reduce death and injury from snakebite in some of the world’s poorest communities."

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

Both were saved: the cobra from a life of servitude and bad music, and the man from a possible death bite.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel