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 of slither Arizonans are accustomed to seeing western diamondbacks slithering around or sunning themselves on rocks. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025 Pritchard added a highlight-reel layup shortly thereafter — utilizing some nifty post moves to slither past Orlando Magic guard Cole Anthony — and later hit back-to-back triples early in the fourth quarter to help Boston pull away in Game 1 of its first-round playoff series. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 21 Apr. 2025 But Cristescu flagged one way that scammers are taking this tool — which is designed to make people’s online accounts more secure — and using it to slither in. Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025 The snake slithered all the way past Micheel’s ball before heading into the rough. Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for slither
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  • The officers used a search pattern in which boats snaked back and forth, moving outward from the shoreline, in increasingly long lines parallel to it, Renner said.
    Ethan Wolin Updated July 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
  • High-end brands mixing with everyday experiences, resulting in, inevitably, long lines often snaking out the door.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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  • In particular, website owners and SEO experts wanted to know how Cloudflare planned to block Google's bot from scraping sites to fuel AI overviews without risking blocking the same bot from crawling for valuable search engine placements.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
  • Both are unable, under any circumstances, to resist crawling under someone doing a downward-facing dog.
    Erika Sjule, New Yorker, 8 July 2025
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  • From the Viking Mars orbiters and landers of the 1970s through the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, which are still operating today, the Red Planet has crept from the dreadful waste seen by Mariner 4 to a place once covered in shallow oceans and with a possibly temperate atmosphere.
    Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025
  • Battling Tool Sprawl Decision fatigue creeps in when consultants juggle a dozen unintegrated AI assistants, each with its own prompt syntax, data connectors and permission model.
    Noah Ohrner, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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  • Banks will slide into left guard, while Elgton Jenkins — who has 67 career starts at that position — will move to center.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • When Gleyber Torres departed in free agency, New York slid Jaz Chisholm Jr. to second base and plugged Oswaldo Cabrera in at third base.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025

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“Slither.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slither. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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