as in to snake
to move slowly with the body close to the ground a snake slithering through the garden

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Recent Examples on the Web Under the cold, slithering daybreak fog of January 8, 1815—Miss Ward favored a flowery windup—15,000 musket-wielding British soldiers stormed the only defense shielding New Orleans: an 800-yard mud barricade. Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024 The agency also provided several precautions for residents to take to protect themselves and their pets from any possible snakes slithering around the town. Kelli Bender, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024 Is Taylor Swift slithering back into her Reputation era? Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024 Just don’t linger on the plot holes, some of which are big enough for a sandworm to slither through. Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for slither 
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  • Although Ukraine's international backers have donated their own drones and many types of weapons to the war effort, experts say the vast majority of these are ill-suited to the constantly evolving front lines snaking through eastern Ukraine and along the border with Russia.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The hotel has a celestial Mediterranean theme, special kids' suites decorated with a How To Train Your Dragon theme, and a pool that snakes around the property.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2024
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  • Access is easy without the need for ladders (rooftop tents) or crawling (traditional ground tents).
    Fergus Scholes, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Here's why At one point he’s basically indentured to almost comically evil thieves, who force him to crawl through small spaces in the rubble to steal for them.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • Asian Americans saw their unemployment rate creep lower to 3.9% from 4.1%.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The big picture: October temperatures in Philly have been creeping upwards in recent decades, per an analysis from Climate Central.
    Mike D'Onofrio, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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  • Always lift your cast-iron cookware instead of sliding it to prevent damage.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Keeping Boise from sliding down Portlandia’s chute to resembling a Walking Dead set was a comfortable talking point for Bundy, given his 2022 run for governor.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Slither.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slither. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.

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