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garter

[gahr-ter] / ˈgɑr tər /


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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 Sierra garter snake told us this is not the case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025

Lacking Spotify, they decided to pass the time by undertaking “an enumeration and actual count” of road-killed animals—a battered weasel here, a flattened garter snake there.

From Slate ● May 25, 2024

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

As Margo put it, “Honestly, first garter snakes and now this fence? This security is sort of insulting to a ninja.”

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

Every star who has taken up the character’s corset and garters since has followed his lead.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

In the mornings I get out of bed, put on my clothes, the stiff cotton waist with the garters, the ribbed stockings, the nubbled wool pullover, the plaid skirt.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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