snakebit
AmericanEtymology
Origin of snakebit
First recorded in 1800–10; snake + bit 4 ( def. )
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Embarrassingly, AT&T would later unwind its own snakebit Warner acquisition, undermined by the long delay and management’s own miscalculations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
He’s snakebit again on the Black side of a Petroff’s against So, as his pawn sacrifice in a fantastically complicated position boils down after 31. dxe5 Qc7 32.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
Dobbins and cornerback Marcus Peters in training camp, the Ravens have been snakebit.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2021
Is Texas snakebit or just not that good?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
I wish I could get snakebit, and make him go for the doctor!”
From The Brown Mouse by Herbert Quick
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