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Recent Examples of slithered
Denver was planning to double-team from the middle of the floor, but the MVP favorite recognized it and slithered to his right, away from the help.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
With an eye-popping 2,000-dot-per-inch (dpi) tracking resolution, on-the-fly sensitivity controls, mechanical ball tracking, and a very distinct silhouette, the Boomslang slithered to the forefront of turn-of-the-millennium gaming gear.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
One slithered into a backyard, under a patio chair, and another was found stretched out across the warm cement sidewalk leading into Matt Davis Park.
—Michele Gile, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
And then, with Barnes out of the game due to an ankle injury, Ingram slithered his way to a layup and helped force a Jusuf Nurkic miss on the other end to help put the game away in the fourth.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Zelina slithered on the ramp in a snake-like manner as Black stood behind her.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
In August, Kravitz told Meyers that her mom's pet snake, Orpheus, had gotten loose and slithered into a small hole in the corner of the bathroom.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Walton Goggins slithered into the 2025 Emmys with some apt nods to The White Lotus.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Their layers of meaning multiplied and slithered out of my grasp.
—Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
With an eye-popping 2,000-dot-per-inch (dpi) tracking resolution, on-the-fly sensitivity controls, mechanical ball tracking, and a very distinct silhouette, the Boomslang slithered to the forefront of turn-of-the-millennium gaming gear.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
One slithered into a backyard, under a patio chair, and another was found stretched out across the warm cement sidewalk leading into Matt Davis Park.
—Michele Gile, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
And then, with Barnes out of the game due to an ankle injury, Ingram slithered his way to a layup and helped force a Jusuf Nurkic miss on the other end to help put the game away in the fourth.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Zelina slithered on the ramp in a snake-like manner as Black stood behind her.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
In August, Kravitz told Meyers that her mom's pet snake, Orpheus, had gotten loose and slithered into a small hole in the corner of the bathroom.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Walton Goggins slithered into the 2025 Emmys with some apt nods to The White Lotus.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Their layers of meaning multiplied and slithered out of my grasp.
—Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slithered
Verb
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What counts as a standard tip has also crept upward.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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Not only that, but the baseline expectation at traditional full-service restaurants has crept upward, too.—
Ryan Brennan
March 12,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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One roach crawled on the three-compartment sink.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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Related groups of animals, such as the ancestors of today’s millipedes, crawled out of the sea a bit earlier than insects did.—
Andrew Coletti,
Popular Science,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Sonis slid on on the play with the studs of her left cleat off the ground, which resulted in the play being changed to a serious penalty after review.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
14 Mar. 2026
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With 28 seconds left in the man advantage, Florida’s Sam Reinhart buried a puck into a mostly open net to Merzlikins’ right after the puck slid all the way through traffic to find Reinhart.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Travelers across the country reported lengthy TSA queues that snaked through airports, with some waiting one to two hours at security checkpoints.—
Tom Costello,
NBC news,
16 Mar. 2026
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Jack O’Connell, Lola Kirke and Peter Dreimanis — the actors who terrorized the juke joint as bloodthirsty vampires in the movie — also snaked their way onto the stage.—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Slithered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slithered. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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