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Recent Examples of moccasin
Everyone is wearing period shoes, and with the sheer number of Indigenous characters onscreen, where are all those moccasins coming from?
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Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
The costume department built more than 1,300 garments and hundreds of pairs of moccasins.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
There were also close to 700 pairs of moccasins made from the same hide.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Native Americans handcrafted everything from the beaded jewlery worn by the Indigenous actors to the suede moccasins.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
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Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
The costume department built more than 1,300 garments and hundreds of pairs of moccasins.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
There were also close to 700 pairs of moccasins made from the same hide.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Native Americans handcrafted everything from the beaded jewlery worn by the Indigenous actors to the suede moccasins.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moccasin
Noun
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Suddenly, a rattlesnake appears at the lawyer’s feet.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
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But, about halfway into the story, Proulx abandons her customary prose style, which is as coiled as a rattlesnake and about as sentimental, in order to cut loose and give the boys their first moment of physical tenderness.—
Michael Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Last year, Musgraves shared a series of Instagram Story posts recounting a run-in that Pepper had with a copperhead snake.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2025
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Nightmare fuel:Can Texas' venomous snakes, like rattlers and copperheads, climb trees?—
Ryan Maxin,
Austin American-Statesman,
5 June 2024
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Loading your audio article A Georgia man who blew up a woman’s home and planned to sic a python on her child will spend 20 years in federal prison.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2025
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The largest python captured measured more than 19 feet long.—
Alan Clemons,
Outdoor Life,
20 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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Here, there are no fences, and animals roam freely—including elephants, sloth bears, grey lemurs, leopards, and yes… cobras.—
Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
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Poses like cat-cow and half lord of the fishes help with mobility in the spine, while poses like cobra and bridge work to strengthen the muscles in the back and core.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
3 Feb. 2025
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That told them that the snake was likely a venomous adult water moccasin.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2024
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Among them are the rattlesnake, cottonmouth (or water moccasin), copperhead and coral snake.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American-Statesman,
6 June 2024
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The design started with the black mamba (the snake).—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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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
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In a recent video call with the Monitor, Ms. Block, the daughter of the late 23-time rally winner Ken Block and professional rally racer Lucy Block, shared her journey through the world of racing and how the recent expansion of Formula One has helped diversify the sport.—
Brooke Holder,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Mar. 2025
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Darr, who became Cruise Lines International Association’s new president and CEO earlier this month, has been a competitive ocean racer for most of his life and joined the U.S. Navy at 17.—
Nathan Diller,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Moccasin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moccasin. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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