snake pit

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Recent Examples of snake pit Her first snake pit venture came when the Sweetwater Jaycees visited Austin in February to promote their annual West Texas rattlesnake roundup. Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 30 June 2023 Ragnar welcomes death in a snake pit. BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2021 Places like this have become a snake pit. BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022 Still a snake pit? Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 13 Aug. 2020 See All Example Sentences for snake pit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snake pit
Noun
  • Buses zip by in their special lane while everyone else stews in bumper-to-bumper hell, half-tempted to ditch their car for a bus seat next time.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
  • So even if Meghan juggled citruses before dehydrating them while hopping on one leg, some were going to give her hell no matter what.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Scott Bassett Orlando Trump’s policies are a money-grab Donald Trump’s trade war is causing havoc in the markets as prices rise due to insane tariffs on our closest neighbors.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Inevitably, leaders ignore the subtle signals of havoc and become overwhelmed when major disruptions inevitably occur.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Those were poor seasons which took in the decline of Marcelo Bielsa, Jesse Marsch’s tenure and the mess that followed with Javi Gracia and Sam Allardyce.
    Beren Cross, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In the first four episodes, Newsom seems incapable of interrogating any right-wing position—whether on tariffs, book bans, trans women in sports, wokeness, or the mess at the border.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Baker also leads the orchestra, which sounds grand — although the sound in the arts center’s Pugh Theater often left musicians, lead singers and chorus all at the same level, with actors speaking over all of it at the same time to create a sonic jumble.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Only Rob, the youngest of the Ford siblings, grew up relatively insulated from the family’s chaos, although his turn would come.
    Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • This continuing resolution codifies much of this chaos that Elon Musk is wreaking havoc on the federal government.
    Isabella Murray, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This can cause dementia, confusion, and visual and hearing problems.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Further confusion, delays or uncertainty will be consuming your path now, Sagittarius.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There are over 100,000 people with the disorder in the U.S. and the condition causes a range of symptoms including blood clots and strokes and a resultant reduction in lifespan of 20 years on average.
    Victoria Forster, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • As part of the matchups, both teams will support EB Research Partnership, Eddie and his wife Jill Vedder’s nonprofit dedicated to finding a cure for EB, a skin disorder that causes blistering and skin tearing.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025

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“Snake pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snake%20pit. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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