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Beyond dialing 911 and seeking medical attention, Starkey and the National Park Service recommend taking these actions in the aftermath of a rattler strike:
Stop moving the limb where the bite occurred to limit the spread of the venom.
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Sacbee.com, 9 July 2025
The rattler in chief turned out to be the novelist and gadfly Gore Vidal.
—Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Like when my husband assured me that the snake right outside the door was a rattler, so the poor gopher snake died needlessly.
—Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
Zoom in: The best way to prevent a rattler bite is to watch your step and stay on marked trails, according to the department.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 9 July 2025
The rattler in chief turned out to be the novelist and gadfly Gore Vidal.
—Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Like when my husband assured me that the snake right outside the door was a rattler, so the poor gopher snake died needlessly.
—Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
Zoom in: The best way to prevent a rattler bite is to watch your step and stay on marked trails, according to the department.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rattler
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“Rattler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rattler. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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rattler
noun
rat·tler
ˈrat-lər 
-ᵊl-ər
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