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Recent Examples of adder And after that gets done, the next step is concatenating them to create a full adder, because that is the fundamental computing logic component. Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Jan. 2026 River, tree, sorry, adder, stink, future, plughole. Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025 Among the elapids are cobras, and in Australia death adders and tiger snakes. New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2025 Klaus Birch Birch arrived at the scene and found the adder examining the young hare and biting its left hind leg. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025 See it On Sylt Island in northern Germany, a resident’s photograph confirmed the presence of a Vipera berus, also known as the common European adder. Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025 The death adder’s plight illustrates another important point: In a 2013 review of the relevant scientific literature to date, Robertson and his colleagues concluded that exotic species are the single largest cause of evolutionary traps. Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024 This attitude poses a threat to Europe’s adder populations, already on the decline because of habitat destruction. Byphie Jacobs, science.org, 20 Sep. 2024
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Noun
  • Rather than allowing herself to be captured by the Romans, legend has it that Cleopatra let a poisonous asp bite her in Alexandria, according to the documentary.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Among the caterpillars Walker has studied are puss, or asp, caterpillars, whose stings can be excruciating.
    Ivan Amato, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Bessette Kennedy and her husband also wore matching gold wedding bands cast from a rattlesnake’s rib.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Founded in 1958 by local farmers and ranchers, the Round-Up began as an attempt to reduce rattlesnake populations that threatened livestock in West Texas.
    Staff Photographer, Austin American Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Wider portions of the shape can be seen on either side while more narrow portions cross the copperhead’s back and tailbone, experts say.
    Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
  • As the leaves turn to shades of orange and brown, a copperhead snake starts to blend perfectly into its habitat.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In videos shared on social media, handlers could be seen removing two snakes from Nwangene's home and a bystander was heard identifying one as a cobra.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Herrington collectively calls them cobra kids—the cobra is a BUSAR symbol.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The heaviest Burmese python caught in Florida, a 215-pound beast, was wrestled from heavy cover just west of Big Cypress by biologists Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
  • While the cold might not bother the Burmese pythons in Florida, the state does take official efforts to curb the invasive species' spread, including hosting an annual python hunt.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Hoka Kaha 2 Frost Moc GTX Hoka also makes the Kaha 2 Frost Mac, a padded, puffy moccasin version of the boot, with a slipper-style laceless upper made of the same durable ripstop polyester.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Those looking for something playful should opt for a floppy moccasin style like the sock boots from the Louis Vuitton runway.
    Shelby Ying Hyde, Refinery29, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • American ski racer Lindsey Vonn shared a glimpse into her recovery process, posting an upbeat video on Instagram that showed clips of her in the hospital.
    Isabel Yip, NBC news, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Loic Meillard of Switzerland used a strong second run to win the men's slalom Monday on a day that saw Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen fall in the first run, ending his bid for another Olympic gold.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026

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“Adder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adder. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.

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