sidewinder

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Recent Examples of sidewinder Another sidewinder on the deuce side had the same result. Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025 South Shore Terrace's 2023 sales In 2023, South Shore Terrace served more than 100,000 beers, 15,000 non-alcoholic drinks, 25,000 orders of sidewinder fries, 5,500 orders of cheese curds and 5,000 pretzels. Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024 The variety of rattlesnakes in the U.S. is vast, from the Eastern Diamondback, which loves the long pine forests of the Southeast and can be found in parks throughout the region, from the Everglades to Cumberland Island National Seashore, to the sidewinder, found in the deserts of the Southwest. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2023 Two F-22s tracked the object and one of them fired the AIM-9X sidewinder missile near the location of Deadhorse, Alaska, which is right on Prudhoe Bay, according to the Pentagon. ABC News, 12 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for sidewinder
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Noun
  • But this is impossible once cobra venom enters the system.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Straight at me, the cobra struck.
    John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The main roundhouse that houses the knockout collection of American railroading treasures remains untouched, but parts of the property facing the Pigtown neighborhood are being completely reimagined.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2026
  • With his roundhouse kicks, tough-guy one-liners and a formidable moral compass, Chuck Norris delivered kick-ass heroes for years on screens large and small, cementing himself in pop culture back in the 1980s.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In the penultimate episode, Jacob Elordi’s Nate Jacobs was killed off after being buried alive and then bitten by a rattlesnake.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Later, a rattlesnake slithered through the opening and killed Nate.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Korda made a grip change, a notoriously difficult element of the golf swing to adjust, before her second round.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 7 June 2026
  • At the same time, the US has emerged as the world’s most important swing supplier since launching strikes on Iran in late February.
    Devika Krishna Kumar, Fortune, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • The copperhead and timber rattlesnake are largely isolated to certain regions in northern Florida.
    Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 3 June 2026
  • 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
  • Barkov missed the entire 2025-26 NHL season after sustaining a major knee injury on his first day of training camp.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 June 2026
  • Offensive lineman Tyler Smith also had a minor knee procedure earlier this offseason.
    Nick Harris June 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Then on June 17, the slightly wider lunar crescent will appear just a couple of degrees to the left of brilliant Venus; the two brightest objects in the night sky adorning the west-northwest evening sky.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 June 2026
  • Villasanti is momentarily caught between defending Guimaraes and marking Cunha, who is free because Raphinha is occupying Paraguay’s left-back, Junior Alonso.
    Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 5 June 2026

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“Sidewinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidewinder. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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