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as in serpent
a limbless reptile with a long body
snakes are cold-blooded, so they regulate their body temperature by alternately basking in sunlight and seeking shade
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as in dog
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
why, that dirty, rotten snake!
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as in traitor
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance
what a snake she was—having an affair with my husband while I was in the hospital!
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Recent Examples of snake
Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 May 2025
Teachers and the school superintendent helped safely remove the snake from her car, conservationists said.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2025
Mikelle Street, Footwear News, 26 May 2025
Vines snaked across her set pieces and on her dancers’ outfits.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 May 2025
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Noun
These snakes are also harmless to humans, the department points out, as their diet consists primarily of rodents and other small mammals but also commonly includes lizards, birds and bird eggs.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 May 2025
Teachers and the school superintendent helped safely remove the snake from her car, conservationists said.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2025
Verb
The sheer piece included shimmering fabric, draped strategically over her body, arranged like snaking water.
—Mikelle Street, Footwear News, 26 May 2025
Vines snaked across her set pieces and on her dancers’ outfits.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snake
Noun
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Snakes abound in the megaliths unearthed at the archaeological site of Gobekli Tepe in present-day Turkey, where Neolithic peoples attached special significance to serpents roughly 10,000 years ago.—
Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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The guests of the White Lotus Ko Samui don’t just have serpents on the brain.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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According to LifeLine, the DeKalb shelter takes in 135 dogs a week on average.—
Jim Gaines,
ajc,
13 Sep. 2023
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The remains were found by two men who were running their dogs and looking for rocks, according to DNASolves.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Sep. 2023
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In an effort to figure out who the traitor on his team is, Ethan Hunt needs the NOC list, which contains the identities of every American spy.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
27 May 2025
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The Confederacy — traitors — were fighting to keep my ancestors enslaved.—
Hashim Coates,
Denver Post,
5 May 2025
Verb
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Some are found lurking in remote corners of the world, while others have been hiding right under our noses.—
Real-Time news team,
Miami Herald,
25 May 2025
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Though research isn’t conclusive, studies suggest regularly consuming these sweeteners could mess with your microbiome, reducing your levels of supportive gut bugs while elevating the numbers of not-so-beneficial bacteria lurking therein.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
23 May 2025
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The woman crawled to her bathroom and pulled the emergency cord, then the facility staff called 911, deputies said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Sun Sentinel,
22 May 2025
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Here, 15 of the softest sheets that will convince you that crawling into bed at 9 p.m. is equivalent to self-care.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
16 May 2025
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Venom from snakes in the viper family rips up tissues, causing victims to bleed to death.—
Apoorva Mandavilli,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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According to a study published April 23 in the journal Evolution, some vipers are producing venoms containing fewer and more focused toxins, despite living in extremely varied environments.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But eventually, the neighbor realized Mystery had been sneaking out against his wishes, as Mystery is an indoor cat only.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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The Pacers, meanwhile, have solidified themselves as title contenders after sneaking their way into the conference finals last year.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
27 May 2025
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For years, the Birch Glacier has been creeping down the mountainside, pressured by shifting debris near the summit.—
Dave Graham,
Christian Science Monitor,
29 May 2025
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Despite this, his ownership didn’t creep over the 10 per cent mark until the period around Newcastle’s Double Gameweek 32, with his brace against Leicester City in Gameweek 31 a particular highlight for my season, providing my biggest rank jump of the run-in.—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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“Snake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snake. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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