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Once the python swallows the tracker, biologists can track the dangerous python.
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Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Cove and Dixon were able to secure grant funding from the South Florida Water Management District, which has its own python elimination program.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 30 Apr. 2026
The method is now helping researchers locate and remove more of the invasive snakes as python populations continue damaging native wildlife across South Florida.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
What began as a routine small-mammal study quickly became a python-removal strategy.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
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Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Cove and Dixon were able to secure grant funding from the South Florida Water Management District, which has its own python elimination program.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 30 Apr. 2026
The method is now helping researchers locate and remove more of the invasive snakes as python populations continue damaging native wildlife across South Florida.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
What began as a routine small-mammal study quickly became a python-removal strategy.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for python
Noun
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Straight at me, the cobra struck.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Among the more notable stunts this time are Knoxville riding a giant rocket, Bam Margera trapped in a trailer with a cobra and a finale musical number.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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The first rattlesnake fatality this year happened when a 25-year-old man died weeks after he was bitten by a rattlesnake while mountain biking with his father in Irvine, California, in February, according to a GoFundMe page and local television station KABC-TV.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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The department said in a Facebook post that the case is the seventh reported rattlesnake bite in Ventura County since mid-March.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
Noun
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The rosy boa and tarantula are among my favorites to view.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Lena Dunham was all red sequins, then wrapped in a snakelike feather boa by Valentino.—
Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
5 May 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
Noun
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The history of the Osage people is told through the artwork of modern artists, including R.A. Red Corn, braided in TL Salisbury's handcrafted traditional necklaces and moccasins, and stitched together in Dante Biss-Grayson's fashion designs.—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
22 Apr. 2026
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But the most recognizable style of loafer originated in Aurland, Norway, in 1930, when one Nils Gregoriussen Tveranger decided to combine the techniques of traditional Native American moccasin construction with the design of a simple shoe worn by local fisherman.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The following year Antony died by suicide, and Cleopatra took her own life soon after, reportedly dying from an asp’s poison.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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Then, as legend holds, the queen let a poisonous asp bite her, choosing death with Antony over life under Octavian’s rule.—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Connecticut is home to 14 native snake species including the common garter snake, DeKay’s brownsnake, northern watersnake, and eastern milk snake.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2026
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The movements no longer those of a minnow but rather of a garter snake in grass, with that edge of hiddenness and surprise.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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