Thesaurus results for SNAKED

snaked

verb

Definition of snaked next

past tense of snake

as in lurked

to move about in a sly or secret manner snaking softly through the brush

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as in slid

to move slowly with the body close to the ground commandos snaking through the grass toward the house

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Recent Examples of snaked Evidence of the shooting was visible on a sidewalk just outside the White House complex, where yellow crime scene tape snaked across the pavement and Secret Service officers placed dozens of orange evidence markers on the ground. —

Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026 Closing off the week will be Wooyoungmi, Sacai, KidSuper, and Celine, which hasn’t staged a runway show since 2023 and returned last season with an intimate presentation at its headquarters on the Rue Vivienne, with its collection hung on pegs and accessories snaked around the room. —

Hikmat Mohammed, Vogue, 22 May 2026 Turner snaked through the gauntlet, as his teammates playfully slapped and shoved him around. —

Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026 Old Cheng was waiting patiently at the bottom of a steep mountain ridge as the minivans carrying our news team snaked their way through the Yan mountains to meet him. —

Erin Tan, NBC news, 13 May 2026 Queues snaked around London’s Wembley Arena on Sunday, waiting for a rare opportunity to see the Chinese team in action in the United Kingdom. —

Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 12 May 2026 On Thursday morning, a line of private boats snaked around the perimeter, and once passengers disembarked, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo was there to greet each visitor. —

Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026 The dirt-only diamond was loamy and soft and home plate was totally submerged in a muddy puddle, a tributary of which also snaked down the third-base line. —

Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026 Attendees began lining up outside the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena hours before the event and as the start time ticked closer, the line snaked far down the sidewalk and began wrapping around the dome where the University of Idaho football team plays. —

Saige Miller, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026

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Others argue that the maze needs a minotaur, and point to a mysterious creature that has lurked within the Backrooms since the beginning.

— Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
But beneath the smooth surface, major engineering problems have lurked since it was constructed in the 1920s.

— New York Times, New York Times, 31 May 2026