scorpion
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To avoid the high prices of Scotch bonnets, she also uses locally grown Moruga scorpion peppers, which are native to Trinidad.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
The turtle agrees to carry the scorpion across the river after being reassured that he will not sting him, since doing so would doom them both.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
The 7th District, which looks like a scorpion, is appropriately dastardly, stretching from mountainous country in the western part of the state straight to expressways over the Potomac River into Washington D.C.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026
Published in Environmental Research Communications, the study focuses on central Morocco, one of the world's most severe scorpion sting hotspots.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026
Matt stared at a pin fastened to the woman’s collar, a silver scorpion with its tail curved up.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
Shooting on location meant dealing with typhoons, scorpions and snakes, and working with kids meant shorter work days.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
It was infested with so many scorpions that anyone entering the bathroom at night carried a flashlight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Today, chelicerates include more than 120,000 species, from spiders and scorpions to mites, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
By aiming above a wall, they could pelt the town behind it with beehives, scorpions, snakes, flaming pitch, rotten vermin, or excrement.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
Out on the lake, rattlesnakes and scorpions find shade under rocks and in the holes dug by the campers.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
