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snake

[snayk] / sneɪk /
NOUN
reptile
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As researchers with decades of combined experience in snakebite and tropical disease epidemiology, we came to realise that snake envenoming faces a data crisis.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

As for the surviving animals, they are being looked after at a snake farm in Germany.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Beyond its extraordinary size, Vasuki provides evidence of an ancient branch of snake evolution.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Rather than actively chasing prey, the snake may have relied on ambush tactics, remaining concealed until another animal came within striking distance.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

She’s still talking, but the hissing snake is drowning her out, insisting that I pay attention.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Your browser may be a pit of snakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

At the center of this object used for protection and to treat ailments, the child god stands atop a pair of crocodiles and grasps scorpions and snakes, guarding us against these threatening creatures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Tiny snakes found in Southeast Asia have developed an extraordinary way to escape danger.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

By studying video recordings captured from multiple angles, researchers discovered that the snakes coordinate their movements with remarkable precision.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The snakes parted as the leader streaked through the water toward Clare.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Cars honking their horns snaked through the capital of the small South American country that does not usually get a lot of attention for anything.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Later that afternoon, outside the ballroom, the line to meet Stone snaked along her merch table.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Turner snaked through the gauntlet, as his teammates playfully slapped and shoved him around.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

And when security lines snaked through terminals during a partial government shutdown last month, United spotted an opportunity to introduce live TSA wait times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

Following his directions, they’d left the ‘stream at the foot of the stony grey hill’, and were climbing the trail that snaked towards the top.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Word spread that a fuel tanker was nearing a filling station in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, and the snaking queue surged as drivers jockeyed for position and motorcyclists pressed in.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Video footage of the store’s opening showed customers waiting in a line snaking through the shopping plaza to enter the store, with shoppers trying samples and purchasing tote bags and snacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Later, it encountered a stray charging cord snaking across the ground as it vacuumed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The new Madring street circuit is in an unprepossessing location, snaking around an exhibition centre near the Spanish capital's international airport, about a 15-minute drive from the city with no traffic.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

“Maybe you should take a break,” Natalie said from across the room, where she had twin earbud cords snaking out of her hair down to her laptop.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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