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Recent Examples of slither
Sáez warned residents not to touch the slithering creatures, even with gloves.
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The video shows a slithering mass of babies and mom on a sunny day in the gardens in Ann Arbor Township.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
More recently, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour involved 70,000 wristbands pulsing in unison, and stage sets transforming from slithering snakes to whimsical fairy-tale forests to cinematic cityscapes.
—Lindsay A. Fleming, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
By the time South Park depicted Kristi Noem’s molten face slithering across the Mar-a-Lago ballroom last night, the long-running Comedy Central cartoon had reestablished itself — temporarily, at least — as a cultural flashpoint.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The video shows a slithering mass of babies and mom on a sunny day in the gardens in Ann Arbor Township.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
More recently, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour involved 70,000 wristbands pulsing in unison, and stage sets transforming from slithering snakes to whimsical fairy-tale forests to cinematic cityscapes.
—Lindsay A. Fleming, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
By the time South Park depicted Kristi Noem’s molten face slithering across the Mar-a-Lago ballroom last night, the long-running Comedy Central cartoon had reestablished itself — temporarily, at least — as a cultural flashpoint.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slither
Verb
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Tree roots and ivy creepers have also snaked through the stonework.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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The line snaked at least a half mile through Westgate and across north 95th Avenue to the west and north 93rd Avenue to the east.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Arisu crawls onto a mound of rubble for momentary relief, and is met with an angry Banda.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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At the time, officials concluded that a few mussels likely hitched a ride on a boat that had been in another infested area, most probably one of the Great Lakes in the Midwest, which are crawling with the critters.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Signs of fall are finally beginning to creep in.—
Essence,
Essence,
30 Sep. 2025
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Alabama and Ole Miss vaulted into the club with big wins, while Texas A&M crept into minus-odds territory with a home win against Auburn.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Carriage 3 was conceived and crafted in-house, cleverly using a sliding Victorian rail carriage door to divide the kitchen from the living and sleeping compartments, which are accessed via beautiful (and functional) fold-away steps.—
Chloe Frost-Smith,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Slither.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slither. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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