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Recent Examples of slithers
Hi-hats and snares appear in fragmentary bursts, icy synths precipitate and evaporate, and Zel slithers wryly in the cut.
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Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 25 Feb. 2026
Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slithers
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The Shops at Yale recently announced the return of the New Haven food crawls and have added a date in December, according to a statement.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
18 Mar. 2026
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On Polymarket’s tab for Bitcoin, a line graph crawls along like a seismograph, showing the price to beat as the total cost fluctuates by hundreds of dollars a second.—
Joe Wilkins Published Mar 18,
Futurism,
18 Mar. 2026
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The same game of legislative chicken now starts anew as the calendar creeps toward April.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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This time round, though, an unfortunate silliness sometimes creeps in, where the film risks tipping over Shakespearean-size emotions into embarrassing bathos.—
Miriam Balanescu,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
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Miraculously, the line of people that usually snakes down Melrose yearning for a slice of chef Karla Subero Pittol’s passion lime fruit icebox pie is nonexistent today.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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In southwest Russia, where the border with eastern Ukraine snakes down to the Sea of Azov, lies the city of Rostov-on-Don, which serves as the headquarters of Russia’s Southern Military District.—
Sophie Spiegelberger,
New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Touch Pad Folio LED Makeup Mirror features a slim, streamlined design that slides easily into your bag for convenient storage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Thieneman slides into the spot that Harrison Smith held down for over a decade.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Slithers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slithers. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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