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cobra

[koh-bruh] / ˈkoʊ brə /


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Sometimes the pitch is flat as a pancake, other times it spits like a cobra.

From BBC Dec. 27, 2025

A cobra bites Chelsea and she’s whisked away to a hospital.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 2, 2025

"After successful human trials, it could be rolled out relatively quickly to become a cheap, safe and effective drug for treating cobra bites."

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

“What luck! Not a single deadly cobra lies in my path!”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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