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Recent Examples of slithered
Walton Goggins slithered into the 2025 Emmys with some apt nods to The White Lotus.
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Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Their layers of meaning multiplied and slithered out of my grasp.
—Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
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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Over the past few years the NHL has crept closer to MLB in valuations.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
2 Oct. 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
Verb
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After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by pretty much everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack crawled back to Bliss.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Just as Ted Lasso began life as a promo for NBC’s English Premier League coverage, Chad Powers crawled out of a gag on Eli’s Places, Eli Manning’s post-retirement ESPN+ program, in which the former Giants quarterback hides under prosthetics to pose as an aspiring Penn State walk-on.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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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The forward deked past the goaltender, backhanded the puck into the net and then slid into the boards.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The contractors started moving toward an access hatch, and one was able to reach it, but the other slid about 85 feet down the pipe, deputies said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Slithered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slithered. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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