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Recent Examples of taipan
The snakes come from the elapid family and include cobras, mambas, taipans, coral snakes, and kraits — among other venomous species.
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
Another version of the story has Jardine Matheson's taipan being greeted by a 21-gun salute, to the horror of the local military who reserve that tradition for high ranking officers.
—CNN, 8 June 2021
Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
Another version of the story has Jardine Matheson's taipan being greeted by a 21-gun salute, to the horror of the local military who reserve that tradition for high ranking officers.
—CNN, 8 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taipan
Noun
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As rattlesnake activity increases, awareness is key for hikers, runners and mountain bikers using Orange County’s open space trails.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Irvine Police Department confirmed that Hernandez was mountain biking when he was bitten by a rattlesnake.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Among the more notable stunts this time are Knoxville riding a giant rocket, Bam Margera trapped in a trailer with a cobra and a finale musical number.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Of course, there's the classic cobra pose (a must in snake yoga).—
Deena Prichep,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Nike executive Gentry Humphrey, who’s currently the vice president of Jordan footwear, likened the look to that of a snake — specifically the highly venomous black mamba.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
25 Feb. 2026
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For example, an adult black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), one of the planet’s deadliest elapids, regularly grows upwards of 10 feet long.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
29 Oct. 2025
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Venomous snakes—including the timber rattlesnake, the copperhead, and the cottonmouth—all make this area their home.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
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Wider portions of the shape can be seen on either side while more narrow portions cross the copperhead’s back and tailbone, experts say.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2026
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Cheng-Hsiu Tsai of National Taiwan University and colleagues analyzed the bone and identified it as belonging to a python based on its structural features.—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2026
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The find, published in Historical Biology in January 2026, adds Taiwan to a very short global list of places where late Pleistocene python fossils have turned up.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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Lee, who has been sober for 30 years, recounts wearing a feather boa and dancing on top of the bar with an inflatable alien hanging from the ceiling.—
Leanne Battelle,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Pairing her geometric gown with a larger-than-life feather boa, Carey also accessorized with over 300 carats of Levuma diamonds.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Snake Learn to Let Go From the savannahs of South Africa to the tropical waters where sea kraits wriggle, snakes all over the world must shed their skins.—
Kate Siber,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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Sea kraits have some of the most toxic venom of any animal, but the snake did not inject Latimer with venom.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Oct. 2025
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That was when, along the margins of the Juma, the bushmaster snapped into view.—
Terrence McCoy,
Washington Post,
8 Nov. 2023
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Ripa claimed to be the first herpetologist in the world to watch venomous bushmasters mate....and was bitten by them at least seven times in his life.—
Mark Price,
charlotteobserver,
15 May 2017
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“Taipan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taipan. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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