slithers

Definition of slithersnext
present tense third-person singular of slither
as in crawls
to move slowly with the body close to the ground a snake slithering through the garden

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  • John Tufts The weather outside is about to get frightful as a potentially dangerous winter storm crawls its way across the country.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 23 Jan. 2026
  • In the video, the coyote crawls out of the water and struggles to get his footing once on the rocks.
    Amanda Hari, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
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  • Mintz agrees that intentional time matters, especially when guilt creeps in.
    Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Each 40-ish minute episode following the premiere delivers diminishing returns, Elba can only beg people to listen to him so many times before growing monotonous, and when the train creeps to a polite stop at its final destination, there’s little suspense to the resolution and even less sense.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2026
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  • Make the Road Action and New York Communities for Change backed Reynoso over rival Assemblywoman Claire Valdez in the battle for the deep-blue district that snakes through parts of northern Brooklyn and western Queens.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The skating ribbon at Maggie Daley Park in Chicago is an artificial trail that snakes a quarter-mile around towering climbing walls, with glittering skyscrapers for a backdrop.
    Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 9 Jan. 2026
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  • The first dry, cold front slides through on Thursday cooling high temperatures down by about 10 degrees from Wednesday's readings.
    Dave Aguilera, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Mama winds through the labyrinth of shelves, smiling when her fingers gloss the gold spine of a good read, the same way my hand slides over Angelou’s book.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Slithers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slithers. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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