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Recent Examples of python
In one video, he was seen feeding a live python to a crocodile.
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Lawrence Yee, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Barbecues were briefly paused at a house in Australia after the owners found a lengthy python curled up in their grill.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Some people picked up baking bread or running during isolation, but Tess decided to pick up a ball python.
—Teaghan Skulszki, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
The woman turned on bathroom light in her Columbia apartment around 5 a.m. on Nov. 5 and found a ball python behind the porcelain throne.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
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Lawrence Yee, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Barbecues were briefly paused at a house in Australia after the owners found a lengthy python curled up in their grill.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Some people picked up baking bread or running during isolation, but Tess decided to pick up a ball python.
—Teaghan Skulszki, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
The woman turned on bathroom light in her Columbia apartment around 5 a.m. on Nov. 5 and found a ball python behind the porcelain throne.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for python
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Poses like cat-cow and half lord of the fishes help with mobility in the spine, while poses like cobra and bridge work to strengthen the muscles in the back and core.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
3 Feb. 2025
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Share [Findings] Interviews with reptile poachers in southwestern Balochistan indicated that the Caspian cobra, the desert monitor, the Iranian mastigure, Maynard’s longnose sand snake, the Persian spider gecko, and the Tartar sand boa were being captured for use by snake charmers.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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This year’s Big Slick Celebrity Weekend in Kansas City, by the way — where Rudd’s presence is guaranteed barring any unfortunate anaconda accidents — is set for May 30-31.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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Green anacondas can be 20 to 30 feet in length, and can weigh over 550 pounds, according to National Geographic.—
Ashlyn Messier,
Fox News,
12 Nov. 2024
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But, about halfway into the story, Proulx abandons her customary prose style, which is as coiled as a rattlesnake and about as sentimental, in order to cut loose and give the boys their first moment of physical tenderness.—
Michael Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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None of this would be possible without a curious and microscopic arrangement on the rattlesnakes’ scales.—
Jason Bittel,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Partygoers dressed up for the theme with feather boas and colorful clothes to match Swift's different albums, with friendship bracelets and light-up bracelets being scattered on the table of the cozy venue; all nods to the Eras Tour.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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Partygoers dressed up for the theme with feather boas and colorful clothes to go with her different albums.—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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The design started with the black mamba (the snake).—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Sub-Saharan Africa is home to dozens of snake species, but the most deadly and feared are the puff adder, cobra and black mamba.—
Brian Otieno,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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Native Americans handcrafted everything from the beaded jewlery worn by the Indigenous actors to the suede moccasins.—
Caroline Reilly,
Robb Report,
15 Jan. 2025
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There are moccasins and slippers, shoes and boots, and of course the namesake mukluks, fur and leather traditional winter boots, often beautified with embroidery, visible stitching, beads and tassels.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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Among the caterpillars Walker has studied are puss, or asp, caterpillars, whose stings can be excruciating.—
Ivan Amato,
Scientific American,
30 Jan. 2025
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But this area of research could mean that one day, the asp caterpillar’s venom could bring not only pain but relief.—
Carlyn Kranking,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Dec. 2023
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Between the lines: The plains garter snake's disappearance points to largerproblems with the ecosystems in our backyards.—
Alissa Widman Neese,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
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Amphibians such as frogs and toads thrive in the moisture-rich soil, while reptiles like garter snakes patrol the forest floor.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Python.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/python. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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