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Recent Examples of snaked
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.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
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
Blue-and-white minibuses, inscribed with misspelt movie quotes and popular local sayings, snaked through the congestion on the narrow road in front of them.
—Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
By the time the Bay Area’s newest H Mart opened Thursday morning, the line to get in numbered hundreds of customers and snaked around the massive building in Dublin.
—Shae Hammond, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Lines there snaked up three floors, starting in the basement's subway corridor before passing through the baggage claim area.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson snaked around so many baggage claim carousels even airport employees didn’t know where the lines began.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026
But even that queue, normally a brief detour before screening, snaked past the main security area and spilled into the airport’s atrium.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
Outside the back door sat a large white equipment box with a thick black cable that snaked into the building.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
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
Blue-and-white minibuses, inscribed with misspelt movie quotes and popular local sayings, snaked through the congestion on the narrow road in front of them.
—Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
By the time the Bay Area’s newest H Mart opened Thursday morning, the line to get in numbered hundreds of customers and snaked around the massive building in Dublin.
—Shae Hammond, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Lines there snaked up three floors, starting in the basement's subway corridor before passing through the baggage claim area.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson snaked around so many baggage claim carousels even airport employees didn’t know where the lines began.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026
But even that queue, normally a brief detour before screening, snaked past the main security area and spilled into the airport’s atrium.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
Outside the back door sat a large white equipment box with a thick black cable that snaked into the building.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snaked
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The walls disappeared into a forest of trees, where live monkeys and at least one bear lurked behind the trunks.—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
30 Mar. 2026
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Boisterous and welcoming, Georgia regaled us with tales from Gary’s childhood, but a concern for her son’s present state lurked not far beneath the surface.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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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
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The prosecutor said Serafini snuck into his in-laws’ Homewood residence on the west shore of Lake Tahoe while nobody was home.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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My brother Mike knew a maintenance engineer who snuck me in to Seals & Crofts’ studio.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
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Controversies like those surrounding Gilgan’s column inspired several AI researchers to go back and see how much AI material has crept into American newspapers.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
26 Mar. 2026
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West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark for domestic oil prices, has remained at or below $100 per barrel for nearly two weeks, while Brent Crude, the benchmark for international oil prices, has crept back up toward $110.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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But their 20th shot counted when Foligno – playing in his first game back after missing 14 of the previous 16 games – slipped a low shot past the goalie after linemate Yakov Trenin had fought off a challenge from a Florida defender to get Foligno the puck.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
27 Mar. 2026
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Google parent Alphabet fell nearly 9% and Microsoft sank almost 7% this week, while Nvidia and Amazon slipped about 3% each.—
Ari Levy,
CNBC,
27 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
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As an adaptation of an old Alsop Fable goes, a frog was about to jump into the water when a scorpion slithered by.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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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
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“Snaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snaked. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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