anaconda

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Recent Examples of anaconda Embarking on its maiden voyage in June 2025 from the hub of Iquitos, Pure Amazon, a sleek 22-guest riverboat from luxury travel operator Abercrombie & Kent, promises views of caimans, sloths, and massive anacondas through panoramic wall-to-wall windows and immersive excursions. Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2024 Pereira will play a character called The Butcher, and bring his set of skills – including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks – to his meaty role. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024 Pereira will play a character called The Butcher, and bring his set of skills to the role — including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024 The original 1997 thriller starred Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Owen Wilson and Ice Cube and followed a National Geographic-esque film crew that is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world’s largest and deadliest snake, an anaconda. Justin Kroll, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for anaconda 
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Noun
  • Trending Nationally 3 former Virginia Beach sheriff’s deputies charged with murdering inmate How a flying ferry could help solve Tahoe’s traffic problem Massive invasive python is freed into the Palm Beach County wilderness.
    Leeann Adams, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Burmese pythons in Florida can eat larger prey than scientists previously thought due to their ability to stretch their jaws.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Bobcat tries to eat striking Arizona rattlesnake Saguaro National Park in southern Arizona posted the epic video, which shows the big cat batting at a rattlesnake that is striking from under a bush, on June 3 on Facebook.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • But not even a rattlesnake left in his bed will stop ol’ Mickey Haller from getting justice, okay?
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In November, a man from Stellenbosch, South Africa, returned home to find a cape cobra coiled under a pillow on his bed.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Share [Findings] Interviews with reptile poachers in southwestern Balochistan indicated that the Caspian cobra, the desert monitor, the Iranian mastigure, Maynard’s longnose sand snake, the Persian spider gecko, and the Tartar sand boa were being captured for use by snake charmers.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Partygoers dressed up for the theme with feather boas and colorful clothes to match Swift's different albums, with friendship bracelets and light-up bracelets being scattered on the table of the cozy venue; all nods to the Eras Tour.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Partygoers dressed up for the theme with feather boas and colorful clothes to go with her different albums.
    Gil Macias, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Boa constrictor hitches ride on Arizona man's car An Arizona driver was shocked to find a huge snake hanging underneath his vehicle in November.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Currently, researchers are working with a test that detects four invasive constrictor snake species, all of which have established populations in Florida: Burmese pythons, North African pythons, boa constrictors and rainbow boas.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Sub-Saharan Africa is home to dozens of snake species, but the most deadly and feared are the puff adder, cobra and black mamba.
    Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • After its start in 1949, the orchestra was known for its symphonic jazz, mamba and conjunto polkas.
    Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • In September, a Virginia man narrowly avoided getting bit by a copperhead snake after the venomous reptile appeared on his washing machine located in his bedroom.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Among them are the rattlesnake, cottonmouth (or water moccasin), copperhead and coral snake.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 6 June 2024
Noun
  • There are moccasins and slippers, shoes and boots, and of course the namesake mukluks, fur and leather traditional winter boots, often beautified with embroidery, visible stitching, beads and tassels.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • This hybrid born from the fusion between sneakers and moccasins not only captures the essence of normcore, but shows the obsession for retro and functional.
    Teresa Romero Martínez, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2024

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