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Recent Examples of slitheredSaint Laurent‘s shining gold shoes slithered down the spring 2027 runway on Tuesday to become the talk of Paris Fashion Week, with sculptural snake heels among the collection’s standout footwear.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2026 The snake, later identified as an approximately eight-foot-long Burmese python, had slithered beneath the floor of a wooden shed.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
7 Aug. 2026 Laura stepped right into her body, felt a small resistance and then the give as the rival slithered, eagerly, into the air.—Literary Hub,
13 July 2026 Homeownership feels increasingly out of reach for many Americans, but not for this group of creatures, which slithered into an uninhabited home in Arkansas, much to the chagrin of the realtor trying to sell it.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
5 June 2026 After having his wedding night ruined, a finger and toe cut off and being buried alive, Jacob Elordi‘s Nate Jacobs faced his fate when a venomous rattlesnake slithered its way into the hole he was buried in and bit him.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
25 May 2026 The reptile slithered its way down the tube.—
Sabrina Reed,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026 Boston ended the quarter with a 33-18 lead after Tatum slithered through three Sixers defenders for a dunk, then shot an outlet pass to Jordan Walsh for a transition layup.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026 As an adaptation of an old Alsop Fable goes, a frog was about to jump into the water when a scorpion slithered by.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
In May 2025, after Williams shut off the water in a cell, 10 inmates removed a toilet, crawled through a gap in the wall and scaled a fence out of the jail.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Oct. 2026
In real-world tests, the hand crawled across 14 different surfaces including smooth floors, metal grates, grass, and gravel.
At Yohji Yamamoto, a long strand of eyelashes cascaded down from a model’s lower eyelid and snaked against her face.
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Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
13 Oct. 2026
Demands for the exclusive event pins exceeded common sense and ventured into the absurd with haphazard lines that snaked through the convention center.