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venom

[ven-uhm] / ˈvɛn əm /


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Riffing on the human need for emotional engagement through the arts with such venom is not just a slap in the face; it’s evidence of Iñárritu’s gnawing insecurities.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Protagonist spent more than a decade on the chemistry, drawing inspiration from an unlikely place: venom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The venom peptides that snakes and snails use are built as closed loops, which is what lets them survive intact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

They use their potent venom to kill prey and are not considered dangerous to people because humans don’t look anything like food to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

After that came a savory snake stew, chunks of seven different sorts of snake slow-simmered with dragon peppers and blood oranges and a dash of venom to give it a good bite.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Backshall studied at Canterbury Christ Church, carrying out research into venoms from amphibians, and later received an honorary doctorate from the university.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The scientific research in those cases involved work around the mosquito-born chikungunya virus, a "highly-pathogenic" strain of the bird flu, a family of viruses that include smallpox and mpox, venoms and other toxins.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

They suspect that combining 95Mat5 with these other antibodies could provide broad coverage against many -- or all -- snake venoms.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024

In recent years, animal venoms and toxins have excited researchers because of their pharmaceutical potential.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Beyond that is flat Lake Ontario, a zero at the beginning and a zero at the end, slate-gray and brimming with venoms.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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