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Recent Examples of snaking
They were surprised by the line snaking out the door and the $5 cover to get into the hockey dive bar.
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Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Fuel rationing has been introduced in many regions, with hourslong queues of cars snaking beside roads.
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ABC News,
1 July 2026
Fuel rationing has been introduced in many Russian regions, with hours-long queues of cars snaking beside roads.
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Dasha Litvinova,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
An arresting sheer dress by the young Turkish British designer Dilara Fındıkoğlu—which uses snaking tendrils of synthetic hair to cover the wearer’s genitals, à la Botticelli’s Venus—towers over an eighteenth-century bronze Venus.
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Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
In a snaking line of hundreds of yellow jerseys waiting for World Cup shuttle buses at the Golden Glades transit hub, Manny and Philip Acosta stood out in Portugal burgundy.
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Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2026
Pacific Coast Paradise route, California to Washington Stretching for more than 1,000 miles, this route connects Seattle to Santa Barbara, snaking past major cities, picture-perfect vineyards, and national parks and forests along the way.
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Sarah Rose,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2026
Note a new parade route this year, starting at the corner of 12th Avenue and North 3rd Street and snaking down 5th Avenue toward South 8th Street.
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Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
24 June 2026
Today, the two bands have announced the Bitch Cabal Tour, a co-headlining run snaking its way across the American Midwest and South this fall.
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Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 June 2026
Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Fuel rationing has been introduced in many regions, with hourslong queues of cars snaking beside roads.
—
ABC News,
1 July 2026
Fuel rationing has been introduced in many Russian regions, with hours-long queues of cars snaking beside roads.
—
Dasha Litvinova,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
An arresting sheer dress by the young Turkish British designer Dilara Fındıkoğlu—which uses snaking tendrils of synthetic hair to cover the wearer’s genitals, à la Botticelli’s Venus—towers over an eighteenth-century bronze Venus.
—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
In a snaking line of hundreds of yellow jerseys waiting for World Cup shuttle buses at the Golden Glades transit hub, Manny and Philip Acosta stood out in Portugal burgundy.
—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2026
Pacific Coast Paradise route, California to Washington Stretching for more than 1,000 miles, this route connects Seattle to Santa Barbara, snaking past major cities, picture-perfect vineyards, and national parks and forests along the way.
—
Sarah Rose,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2026
Note a new parade route this year, starting at the corner of 12th Avenue and North 3rd Street and snaking down 5th Avenue toward South 8th Street.
—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
24 June 2026
Today, the two bands have announced the Bitch Cabal Tour, a co-headlining run snaking its way across the American Midwest and South this fall.
—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snaking
Verb
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Unbeknownst to its more than 800 members, Flod had been lurking in the public group for years, silently celebrating each new mention of Pinky.
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Messi, Mbappe and Kane will battle for this award, although Dembele is lurking, too.
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Costs begin creeping higher, margins get a little tighter and profitability comes under pressure.
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About 1 million 16-to-24-year-olds now find themselves not in employment, education or training, with levels creeping toward highs not seen since the 2008 financial crash.
Verb
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His one rule for guests is to chase whatever task is nagging at them, but to resist sneaking in actual work.
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As for oats, consider sneaking in some extra protein to round out their nutritional profile.
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The Germans were crawling as far as the street, dashing across the asphalt, then leaping into the second trench.
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Jude Cornell joined a swarm of toddlers crawling after soccer balls, tossing training cones into the air and relocating a goalie net that was proving to be very, very portable.
Verb
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The sequence started with Bosnian defender Stjepan Radeljic sliding in front of a Tillman pass, deflecting it forward toward Muharemovic.
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Some providers might work on a sliding fee scale, for example, which adjusts cost based on a patient’s household income and family size.
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North Carolina is crawling, or perhaps slithering, with copperheads.
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On land, movements range from crawling and slithering (worms, mollusks, arthropods, snakes) to walking and running.
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In its latest trends report, Embark says September is pacing ahead of last year in Europe, while July is slipping—the first time that has happened in the company's history.
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Cleveland is probably most at risk of slipping toward the sell side, but the Guardians have made the playoffs two years in a row and have stayed in playoff contention these past three months.
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“Snaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snaking. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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