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Recent Examples of cobra
The beef is tender with bits of fat — the kind of fat that renders and drips on the glowing coals causing the grill to hiss like an agitated cobra.
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Andre James, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
Disrupt it with, say, a cobra’s strike, and your diaphragm will stop working properly, as will your breath.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Snakes are a motif throughout the house—a nod to the cobra as a symbol of good fortune.
—Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026
In 2017 Dikansh Parmar of the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change in Germany, rescued an Indian cobra (Naja naja) coiled around a train’s window bars that was hissing and, understandably, frightening passengers.
—Richard Kemeny, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
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Andre James, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
Disrupt it with, say, a cobra’s strike, and your diaphragm will stop working properly, as will your breath.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Snakes are a motif throughout the house—a nod to the cobra as a symbol of good fortune.
—Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026
In 2017 Dikansh Parmar of the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change in Germany, rescued an Indian cobra (Naja naja) coiled around a train’s window bars that was hissing and, understandably, frightening passengers.
—Richard Kemeny, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cobra
Noun
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The county advises that people who see a rattlesnake on their property keep an eye on it from a safe distance and call the county Department of Animal Services at 619-236‑2341.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Those serpents include six rattlesnake species and non-rattlers, such as the Copperhead, Water Moccasin (or Cottonmouth) and Eastern Coral snakes.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Connecting the dots Back in 2022, Dixon and Cove, who works for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, made a rather macabre discovery, but one that has turned out to be a silver lining in the war against the Burmese python.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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According to a Facebook post shared by the Exeter Township Police Department on Saturday, April 4, officers were called to a home in Berks County after the driver found a live ball python in the trunk of his vehicle.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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Rae’s setup was meticulous, maximalist, and totally unified—the boa made of hundred-dollar bills, the backup dancers who looked vaguely like mimes, the scaffolding that suggested Moulin Rouge!—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
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The post was of the singer-songwriter sipping champagne while wearing a feather-boa dress.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Oilers’ penalty kill had its issues –– virtually any team with weak goaltending does –– but their power play remained as lethal as a black mamba.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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Nike executive Gentry Humphrey, who’s currently the vice president of Jordan footwear, likened the look to that of a snake — specifically the highly venomous black mamba.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The snake was identified as a carpet python, a non-venomous constrictor commonly found in Australia’s coastal regions.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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Burmese pythons are one of the state’s most notorious invasive species, and the FWC has implemented several efforts to remove the large nonvenomous constrictors from our ecosystem — primarily by humanely killing them.—
NBC South Florida,
NBC news,
14 Aug. 2025
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Huntersville Animal Services officers caught and removed snakes in and around two homes on the same day this week, including a venomous copperhead.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Apr. 2026
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Of the 14 snakes native to the state, the northern copperhead and the timber rattlesnake are the only two venomous species, according to Annicelli.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2026
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But things get real when an actual giant anaconda appears, turning their comically chaotic movie set into a deadly situation.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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British explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett, who wandered the Amazon for 22 years at the beginning of the 20th century before vanishing without a trace, wrote that the breath of the anaconda stupefied its prey.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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That was when, along the margins of the Juma, the bushmaster snapped into view.—
Terrence McCoy,
Washington Post,
8 Nov. 2023
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Ripa claimed to be the first herpetologist in the world to watch venomous bushmasters mate....and was bitten by them at least seven times in his life.—
Mark Price,
charlotteobserver,
15 May 2017
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“Cobra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cobra. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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