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Recent Examples of snaked
The consequent disruptions ground some airports to a near-halt, while others contended with security lines that snaked out into parking lots and lasted upward of four hours.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
Wait times have exceeded three hours in some locations — longer than some of the flights those airports offered — as lines have snaked through terminals and outside of airports.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
Blue-and-white minibuses, inscribed with misspelt movie quotes and popular local sayings, snaked through the congestion on the narrow road in front of them.
—Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
By the time the Bay Area’s newest H Mart opened Thursday morning, the line to get in numbered hundreds of customers and snaked around the massive building in Dublin.
—Shae Hammond, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Lines there snaked up three floors, starting in the basement's subway corridor before passing through the baggage claim area.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson snaked around so many baggage claim carousels even airport employees didn’t know where the lines began.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026
But even that queue, normally a brief detour before screening, snaked past the main security area and spilled into the airport’s atrium.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
Outside the back door sat a large white equipment box with a thick black cable that snaked into the building.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
Wait times have exceeded three hours in some locations — longer than some of the flights those airports offered — as lines have snaked through terminals and outside of airports.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
Blue-and-white minibuses, inscribed with misspelt movie quotes and popular local sayings, snaked through the congestion on the narrow road in front of them.
—Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
By the time the Bay Area’s newest H Mart opened Thursday morning, the line to get in numbered hundreds of customers and snaked around the massive building in Dublin.
—Shae Hammond, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Lines there snaked up three floors, starting in the basement's subway corridor before passing through the baggage claim area.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson snaked around so many baggage claim carousels even airport employees didn’t know where the lines began.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026
But even that queue, normally a brief detour before screening, snaked past the main security area and spilled into the airport’s atrium.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
Outside the back door sat a large white equipment box with a thick black cable that snaked into the building.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snaked
Verb
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The walls disappeared into a forest of trees, where live monkeys and at least one bear lurked behind the trunks.—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
30 Mar. 2026
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Boisterous and welcoming, Georgia regaled us with tales from Gary’s childhood, but a concern for her son’s present state lurked not far beneath the surface.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Grisham slid home just ahead of left fielder Heriberto Hernandez’s throw.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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As preparations were ongoing for the game, ice slid off the stadium and struck six workers.—
Nick Harris
April 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This era of college basketball — the NIL and portal combination — has either robbed Self of his greatest strength or at least sneaked a few pennies from the community tray.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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Long Beach and Bakersfield snuck in to the top 20 with Sacramento, taking the 16th and 17th spots respectively.—
Jason Pierce,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Over recent decades, the average retirement age has crept steadily up.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Less than a month after Mark Zuckerberg made a fashion week cameo on Prada’s front row in Milan, Meta has crept back into the fashion conversation.—
Amy O’Brien,
Vogue,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The story began on March 24, when a hiker slipped and fell from a 180-foot waterfall in wild New Zealand bush.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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And, as prices slipped below key levels like $5,000, selling pressure picked up quickly, driven less by a major change in fundamentals and more by positioning.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Woods was alone in the car and crawled out of the passenger door after the crash.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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The man who crawled out of that chest would shape how nations justify power for centuries to come.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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As an adaptation of an old Alsop Fable goes, a frog was about to jump into the water when a scorpion slithered by.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Denver was planning to double-team from the middle of the floor, but the MVP favorite recognized it and slithered to his right, away from the help.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Snaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snaked. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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