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Recent Examples of snaking
Travelers waiting hours stuck in lines snaking through baggage claim and outside the terminal building have been featured on television and splashed across the internet.
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Emma Hurt, AJC.com, 27 Mar. 2026
They have been seen directing snaking security lines and passing out water bottles to tired travelers.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Videos posted to social media showed lines at LaGuardia Airport snaking through terminals and into baggage claim areas early Wednesday morning.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
The fact that anyone at the top is shocked by snaking security lines at airports is of a piece with the administration’s rather cavalier approach to contingency planning.
—Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Oil follows snaking journeys that can take weeks to go from drill sites to gas pumps.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Long lines greeted passengers at Miami International Airport (MIA) early Monday morning, with some of them stretching the equivalent of a city block snaking through the airport.
—Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
The mood inside the terminal was calm as the snaking line crawled forward.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Along the perimeter sat a series of bulky equipment boxes, also painted white, with cords snaking back toward the building.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Emma Hurt, AJC.com, 27 Mar. 2026
They have been seen directing snaking security lines and passing out water bottles to tired travelers.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Videos posted to social media showed lines at LaGuardia Airport snaking through terminals and into baggage claim areas early Wednesday morning.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
The fact that anyone at the top is shocked by snaking security lines at airports is of a piece with the administration’s rather cavalier approach to contingency planning.
—Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Oil follows snaking journeys that can take weeks to go from drill sites to gas pumps.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Long lines greeted passengers at Miami International Airport (MIA) early Monday morning, with some of them stretching the equivalent of a city block snaking through the airport.
—Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
The mood inside the terminal was calm as the snaking line crawled forward.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Along the perimeter sat a series of bulky equipment boxes, also painted white, with cords snaking back toward the building.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snaking
Verb
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But her lover, the increasingly controlling and unhinged army corporal Don José, is gradually dimished to lurking in the shadows and hiding in crowds.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Who’s lurking in back of the building?—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The technology is sweeping almost every profession while also creeping into people’s personal lives, sometimes with devastating consequences.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Her works explored Oedipal urges and creeping fascism.—
Laura Regensdorf,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Tina Peters is serving a nine-year prison term after being convicted of state crimes for sneaking in an outside computer expert to make a copy of her county's election computer system during a software update in 2021.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2026
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Tina Peters is serving a nine-year prison term after being convicted of state crimes for sneaking in an outside computer expert to make a copy of her county’s election computer system during a software update in 2021.—
Colleen Slevin,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Until Isaacman’s program makeover, Artemis III was crawling toward a moon landing no sooner than 2029.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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One provider recommended a different formula, but Laura responded that her son was burning calories by kicking in his bed, crawling and wheeling around in his wheelchair.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Jason Magee was walking a popular trail in Mission Viejo when a familiar sight caught the corner of his eye — a rattlesnake slithering in the nearby bushes, dangerously close to a skatepark, playground and a dog park.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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Still, being naturally snake-free doesn’t mean there isn’t a single snake slithering around Ireland.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Before the pandemic shuttered the season, the Illini were in a slump, if not an entire freefall, a 16-5 start slipping to a 5-5 end.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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The likes of Bannon (at one point arguing with Iranian opposition supporters about what was best for their country) and Matt Gaetz, the former member of Congress, warned that the United States risked slipping into a forever war.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Snaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snaking. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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