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Recent Examples of fer-de-lance
For the people of the Alto Juruá, the fer-de-lance is a grim reality of the dangers of life in the jungle.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
While Costa Rica has about 600 fer-de-lance viper bites every year, for example, only about three to five bites come from coral snakes.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
While Costa Rica has about 600 fer-de-lance viper bites every year, for example, only about three to five bites come from coral snakes.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fer-de-lance
Noun
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Two Commerce City police officers relocated a rattlesnake found near Adams City High School.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Tennessee is home to 32 species of snakes, but only four of them secrete venom — the copperhead, cottonmouth, timber rattlesnake and pygmy rattlesnake.—
Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Pit organs: Rattlesnakes, copperheads and other pit vipers have pit organs between their eyes and nostrils, which can detect heat from prey.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
2 July 2025
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If a copperhead bites you, seek medical attention right away, Owens advised.—
Evan Moore
July 1,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2025
Noun
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But this is impossible once cobra venom enters the system.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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The other kids must have found its inhabitants repulsive or boring, but I was drawn to a cobra that was lying flat out and minding its own business.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cute names and impressive numbers aside, the snakes did not choose to be here, and the python invasion has decimated ecosystems in South Florida.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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The curation of silhouettes includes Cordelia, Cora, Clarina, Vadada and Addadina, featuring textured jacquards, metallic leathers, python prints, brocades and lurex fabrics.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
Noun
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The concepts are getting more adventurous, too, with brands like Asics experimenting with technical leather sneakers and New Balance readying moccasin-like mash-ups.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
29 Nov. 2025
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But what are moccasin shoes, anyway?—
Kelsey Stewart,
Glamour,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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At the New York premiere of her upcoming film, , Sweeney arrived alongside co-star Amanda Seyfried wearing a low-cut, glitzy silver Miu Miu floor-length gown, finished with a dramatic feather boa.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2025
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Sweeney paired the gown with a feather boa and diamond earrings.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
3 Dec. 2025
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Among the new species discovered in the survey, which occurred from November 2023 to July 2025, were a turquoise pit viper and a flying snake.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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This snake was not a pit viper.—
Thomas Crowther,
Time,
5 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Fer-de-lance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fer-de-lance. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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