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Recent Examples of slither
The video shows a slithering mass of babies and mom on a sunny day in the gardens in Ann Arbor Township.
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Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
More recently, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour involved 70,000 wristbands pulsing in unison, and stage sets transforming from slithering snakes to whimsical fairy-tale forests to cinematic cityscapes.
—Lindsay A. Fleming, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
By the time South Park depicted Kristi Noem’s molten face slithering across the Mar-a-Lago ballroom last night, the long-running Comedy Central cartoon had reestablished itself — temporarily, at least — as a cultural flashpoint.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
The popular shoes, which have previously been worn by stars like Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, feature a gold and black snake slithering up the front of the foot and a red jewel at the center.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
More recently, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour involved 70,000 wristbands pulsing in unison, and stage sets transforming from slithering snakes to whimsical fairy-tale forests to cinematic cityscapes.
—Lindsay A. Fleming, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
By the time South Park depicted Kristi Noem’s molten face slithering across the Mar-a-Lago ballroom last night, the long-running Comedy Central cartoon had reestablished itself — temporarily, at least — as a cultural flashpoint.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
The popular shoes, which have previously been worn by stars like Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, feature a gold and black snake slithering up the front of the foot and a red jewel at the center.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slither
Verb
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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
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The Wild Flint The Flint snakes down Georgia, a safe distance from I-85 and I-75, before joining the Chattahoochee River in Lake Seminole and cutting across the Florida Panhandle as the Apalachicola River.—
David Hanson,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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There’s tunnels to crawl through, regular live performances from Quixotic that synchronize with the experience, and a functioning 240-seat theater that plans to host film festivals.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
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Some coast with healthy double-digit conversion rates, while others crawl along at 5% or 6%.—
Jon Stojan,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The massive cuts to the program remain to be seen as prices continue to creep ever higher for beneficiaries.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Coachella hasn’t sold out since 2023, despite its release dates creeping earlier in the calendar each year.—
Arielle Gordon,
Pitchfork,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His hand, protectively ensconced in a sliding mitt, touched the bag before the tag.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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Something, perhaps, based upon a sliding 63-point scale of credits and debits.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Slither.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slither. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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