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Recent Examples of snaked
Tree roots and ivy creepers have also snaked through the stonework.
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Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
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
Lines of hundreds of guests snaked around the inside of the department store (which takes up an entire city block in Manhattan), with onlookers snapping photos quizzically.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Lines snaked around every outside court, contrasting sharply with the ones only in use for practice, sparsely and quietly populated with players honing their skills for the bigger stages.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Hundreds of energized voters snaked around Union Square on Sunday afternoon, as New Yorkers sought one of the limited Zohran Mamdani Scavenger Hunt cards at the first clue stop.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
The river snaked on into the next county, but the trail stopped near the highway.
—Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
That sparked protests as the bill snaked slowly through the legislature.
—The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
When Ozzy Osbourne was honored with a funeral procession that snaked through his hometown of Birmingham, fans covered the Black Sabbath bridge and bench with flowers, artwork, personal messages, merchandise, and more.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
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
Lines of hundreds of guests snaked around the inside of the department store (which takes up an entire city block in Manhattan), with onlookers snapping photos quizzically.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Lines snaked around every outside court, contrasting sharply with the ones only in use for practice, sparsely and quietly populated with players honing their skills for the bigger stages.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Hundreds of energized voters snaked around Union Square on Sunday afternoon, as New Yorkers sought one of the limited Zohran Mamdani Scavenger Hunt cards at the first clue stop.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
The river snaked on into the next county, but the trail stopped near the highway.
—Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
That sparked protests as the bill snaked slowly through the legislature.
—The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
When Ozzy Osbourne was honored with a funeral procession that snaked through his hometown of Birmingham, fans covered the Black Sabbath bridge and bench with flowers, artwork, personal messages, merchandise, and more.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snaked
Verb
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Benedet slid into Jones’ spot on the left.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The patio door slid open, and Miss Sammie entered, carrying an aluminum-foil pan filled with rib bones, Jean’s mama trailing behind her, hands full with pitchers in need of refilling.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Was Blass’s mental block a sign of what lurked on the other side of these quotidian failures?—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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For weeks, the New York Ripper case has lurked on the periphery of the series — a boogeyman that the show kept hinting was someone in Dexter’s life.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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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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But Browning just threw one up to Ja’Marr Chase for the ice-breaker then hit him on a bomb and then snuck another one in on a simple flag route to Tee Higgins.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Jimmy Kimmel Live host's longtime rival snuck onto the show disguised as Frankie Focus, the new mascot for New York education who was introduced in tandem with the state's school cellphone ban.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 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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For a date night out, Sánchez then slipped into a daring crimson number by Vivienne Westwood, the design featured a low neckline and and ruching that added an extra leggy element to the look.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Over the last 40-plus decades, Springsteen has slipped all 10 of its songs into setlists, whether on solo tours and with the E Street Band.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Walton Goggins slithered into the 2025 Emmys with some apt nods to The White Lotus.—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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Their layers of meaning multiplied and slithered out of my grasp.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Snaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snaked. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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