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Recent Examples of cobra
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.
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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
The Cape coral cobra (Aspidelaps lubricus) and the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca), act in a more stealthy fashion.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Cleopatra was imprisoned in her palace, and legend has it that an ally brought her a basket of figs, and hidden within was the cobra that gave the Egyptian queen that fatal bite.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
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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
The Cape coral cobra (Aspidelaps lubricus) and the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca), act in a more stealthy fashion.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Cleopatra was imprisoned in her palace, and legend has it that an ally brought her a basket of figs, and hidden within was the cobra that gave the Egyptian queen that fatal bite.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cobra
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Head coach Bill Belichick, who famously has the warmth of a rattlesnake even when his team is winning, was on the downslope of his career in New England, and Jones fell out of favor.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Bessette Kennedy and her husband also wore matching gold wedding bands cast from a rattlesnake’s rib.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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Phillippe, who is Witherspoon's eldest child with her ex-husband Ryan Phillippe, walked the red carpet in an AllSaints maxidress featuring a python print.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Dame pumps are crafted in Italy from python-print leather and are a blend of cream and black details.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Lee, who has been sober for 30 years, recounts wearing a feather boa and dancing on top of the bar with an inflatable alien hanging from the ceiling.—
Leanne Battelle,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Pairing her geometric gown with a larger-than-life feather boa, Carey also accessorized with over 300 carats of Levuma diamonds.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 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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For example, an adult black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), one of the planet’s deadliest elapids, regularly grows upwards of 10 feet long.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
29 Oct. 2025
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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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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
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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
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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 28 Feb. 2026.
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