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slither

[slith-er] / ˈslɪð ər /


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Families and astronomers gathered at a site known locally as "top of the world" on Gaisby Lane, Shipley, to try to see a slither of the new crescent moon.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Still, he held on to a slither of hope.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Mystified, he wanders the dank halls of their rented palazzo and the fetid alleyways of the “pestilential city” where canal waters slither past like “a fat, grey-green worm.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Now we get the “Slow-Lows,” bottom-feeders who slither on the ground and survive off leftovers from other creatures: earthworms or other easy-to-catch prey.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

But Finn couldn’t resist watching a tiny crawling thing slither out of Joe’s hand and down his pant leg.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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