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Recent Examples of slithering
The border wall stretched out like a snake slithering up and down hills to the horizon.
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
But a snake slithering across the top step of the dugout when your team is trailing by six runs in the fifth inning of a National League Championship Series game?
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Then, as Claire looks into the eyes of a coyote and senses chaotic energies rising within her, the hum gravitates downward, with double-basses and piano slithering across the classically diabolical interval of the tritone.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The agency also provided several precautions for residents to take to protect themselves and their pets from any possible snakes slithering around the town.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
But a snake slithering across the top step of the dugout when your team is trailing by six runs in the fifth inning of a National League Championship Series game?
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Then, as Claire looks into the eyes of a coyote and senses chaotic energies rising within her, the hum gravitates downward, with double-basses and piano slithering across the classically diabolical interval of the tritone.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The agency also provided several precautions for residents to take to protect themselves and their pets from any possible snakes slithering around the town.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
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