serpent
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What the pair found was a desert highway that rolls up and down, like an asphalt serpent, with deadly blind peaks and treacherous hidden troughs.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
"I don’t know this snake, this snake don’t know me," she declared, then screamed as someone tried to remove the serpent from her body.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024
If the former, you need antivenom, but good luck telling from the mere glimpse of a tail you got as the serpent slithered into the underbrush.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2024
But the skull attached to those remains looks more like that of an ancient serpent.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024
She saw and heard the serpent coiled within the stalks at the same time, and she yelped as she jerked her hand back.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing serpent
Christopher Columbus' Diary: The First Voyage
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Unit 5, Week 4
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
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