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hoop snake English

Meaning hoop snake meaning

What does hoop snake mean?

hoop snake

any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop

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The snake-keeper's deepening troubles were exemplified by the recent massacre of 132 schoolchildren in Peshawar by militants no longer under the control of Pakistan's generals.
As long as the military, intelligence, and nuclear establishments remain unaccountable to the civilian government, Pakistan, the region, and the world will continue to be at risk from the jihadist snake pit that the country has become.
If Western bankers and investors want to buy snake oil, that is their business.
But Israel and Egypt - partners in the siege - turn a blind eye most of the time to tunnels (perhaps as many as a thousand) that snake under the Egyptian border at Rafah and bring in black-market goods, which Hamas then taxes.

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