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Recent Examples of snaked
With roses snaked around the mic stands to match the roses on her cowboy hat, Kirke strummed acoustic guitar with minimal accompaniment — pedal steel guitar, bass and drums.
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Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Lines have snaked outside of Christy’s Tasty Queen all week, full of people hoping to get their hands on a few final pork tenderloin sandwiches.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
Irrigation tubes snaked across the craters of empty plant holes.
—Rachel Becker, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
On Thursday afternoon, about 300 people in a mix of puffer coats and fleeces shuffled in place on a line that snaked south along Seventh Avenue to West 10th Street, wrapped around Julius’ and circled back — an Ouroborous.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Feb. 2026
During peak meal hours, food lines snaked endlessly.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 26 Jan. 2026
By noontime, the line snaked away from the entrance for several blocks.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2026
Few people are venturing from their homes, although businesses have begun to reopen and the long lines that had snaked outside the few pharmacies and supermarkets that were operational over the weekend are disappearing.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
DeDe Tucker secured her spot in a long gift giveaway line that snaked outside Only Sports Arena in North Lawndale to get gifts for her four grandchildren.
—Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Lines have snaked outside of Christy’s Tasty Queen all week, full of people hoping to get their hands on a few final pork tenderloin sandwiches.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
Irrigation tubes snaked across the craters of empty plant holes.
—Rachel Becker, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
On Thursday afternoon, about 300 people in a mix of puffer coats and fleeces shuffled in place on a line that snaked south along Seventh Avenue to West 10th Street, wrapped around Julius’ and circled back — an Ouroborous.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Feb. 2026
During peak meal hours, food lines snaked endlessly.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 26 Jan. 2026
By noontime, the line snaked away from the entrance for several blocks.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2026
Few people are venturing from their homes, although businesses have begun to reopen and the long lines that had snaked outside the few pharmacies and supermarkets that were operational over the weekend are disappearing.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
DeDe Tucker secured her spot in a long gift giveaway line that snaked outside Only Sports Arena in North Lawndale to get gifts for her four grandchildren.
—Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snaked
Verb
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Jokic has fed him hundreds of alley-oops late in games when Gordon has lurked in the short corner, behind the last line of defense.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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As the Justice Department kicked off its antitrust trial against Live Nation on Tuesday, the specter of a possible settlement lurked around the proceedings, as did that of Taylor Swift.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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With just over a minute to play in the period, Shaugabay slid a perfect pass from the right-side corner across the crease where Andersen tapped it home to hand Warroad its first multi-goal advantage.—
Andrew Cornelius,
Twin Cities,
7 Mar. 2026
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The mouthpiece landed in front of a fan sitting courtside and slid toward the foot of Mavericks assistant coach Jay Triano.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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So, Carolyn and RoseMarie Terenzio, John’s assistant, snuck into the office late one night to print up the programs.—
Kate Storey,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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Less than five seconds into the game, Bruins left wing Marat Khusnutdinov sneaked behind an unprepared Kris Letang and found himself with a point-blank look against Stuart Skinner.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But as application deadlines loomed, doubt crept in.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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This book by Jessamine Chan crept its way into my marrow and refused to get out.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Dan Vladar made 20 saves for Philadelphia and slipped to 19-10-6.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Shares of Okta have slipped 8% this year and are down 28% over the past 12 months.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The animal had crawled into a drain pipe during a cold snap and could not turn around to escape.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2026
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As seen on video from the scene, traffic crawled along the expressway as smoke billowed from the cars and firefighters worked to extinguish the fire.—
Asal Rezaei,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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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
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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
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“Snaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snaked. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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