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Recent Examples of viper How to identify venomous snakes in Texas Texas is home to four venomous snakes, three of which belong to the same family — the pit vipers. Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 31 July 2025 These creatures included a spider, a snail, dog, bull, maggot, cockroach, two kinds of snake (a viper and a grass snake), and ants. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025 With a swift flick, the rope shoots forward, wrapping around the dummy’s horns like a viper striking its prey. Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025 Opossums also have traits that may help ocelots with foraging, according to the statement, such as resistance to viper venom. Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for viper
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Noun
  • Sometimes, though, the snakes eat all of the birds.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Deaths from snake bites in Australia are rare.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The range of the monster drawings included primitive people, giant spiders, serpents, snails and fantastical fish.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The serpent-slaying formula likely traces back to an old Indo-European myth.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Viper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viper. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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