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Recent Examples of snakebit Some positions are just snakebit, Saban said. Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 18 Nov. 2021 The five women sent into the woods for the retreat come back late, drenched, bloody, snakebit and down one member — Alice has disappeared. Marion Winik, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023 To say the fourth-line center was snakebit is underselling it. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2022 The Alabama running back tore his ACL against Ole Miss a year ago in what became a snakebit position. Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2022 But what has made this category of sites providing cryptocurrency and other services based on blockchain technology seem so snakebit? Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 12 Aug. 2022 The perpetually snakebit Jayhawks, who have a lengthy history of N.C.A.A. disappointments — including two years ago when they were ranked No. 1 in the country before the pandemic wiped out the tournament — put those regrets behind them. New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022 Dollar Man is one of the most snakebit films in Hollywood history. Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 4 Dec. 2019 Zeppelin moved into a two-story structure with a short, snakebit history as a dining destination. Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snakebit
Adjective
  • No punishment for shooting a disastrous 24 percent from 3, the team’s worst perimeter performance since its 6-for-23 effort from deep against St. John’s on Feb. 23.
    Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Or how about their disastrous appearance on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here?
    EW Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Other unlucky policyholders may have been dropped just months before disaster hit.
    Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • When setbacks strike, unlucky people see confirmation that the odds are against them, while lucky people view challenges as stepping stones to future success.
    Margie Warrell, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Pattinson plays Mickey Barnes, a hard-luck guy who has a job that kills him over and over again, getting printed out again after every death.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
  • While Michigan State is overwhelmingly likely to clinch the conference regular season title (the Spartans host Penn State this weekend), a sweep by either Ohio State or Minnesota this weekend would wrap up second place, and the right to host hard-luck Notre Dame in round one.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Viet and Nam try to make sense of the tragic deaths of unfortunate people like Nam’s father, while their film namesake also attempts to do similar for people like those who have perished when attempting to find a new life.
    Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Here at home, extreme weather exacerbated by climate change is having many unfortunate impacts on our lives, from farmers losing crops to devastating floods, brush fires, and high heat days.
    Michael Leone, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • That puts them above Chelsea, Manchester United, West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as the hapless bottom three, who have failed to mount a similar level of improvement despite two of them changing managers as Wolves did.
    Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Amid the twinkling grandeur of the cosmos, two hapless astronauts are fumbling crucial tasks: docking into a space station; adjusting the angle of satellite dishes; keeping their plants alive.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Rather than panic, consider that software developers are pretty unhappy with the status quo.
    Steve Rodda, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Recent polling also suggests that Americans are relatively unhappy with DOGE’s efforts.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 15 Mar. 2025

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“Snakebit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snakebit. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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