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Recent Examples of slithered
As an adaptation of an old Alsop Fable goes, a frog was about to jump into the water when a scorpion slithered by.
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Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slithered
Verb
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Over recent decades, the average retirement age has crept steadily up.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Less than a month after Mark Zuckerberg made a fashion week cameo on Prada’s front row in Milan, Meta has crept back into the fashion conversation.—
Amy O’Brien,
Vogue,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Woods was alone in the car and crawled out of the passenger door after the crash.—
Ryan Morik , Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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The mood inside the terminal was calm as the snaking line crawled forward.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Two travelers were injured when tons of rock slid onto a winding road inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, according to the National Park Service.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Mar. 2026
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In the months since, Tappin has been busy purchasing bitcoin during the dip, even as bitcoin’s price slid into the 60s.—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The consequent disruptions ground some airports to a near-halt, while others contended with security lines that snaked out into parking lots and lasted upward of four hours.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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Wait times have exceeded three hours in some locations — longer than some of the flights those airports offered — as lines have snaked through terminals and outside of airports.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Slithered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slithered. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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