scarlet

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Her parents took her to Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, but doctors initially thought she had scarlet fever or Strep A, and sent her home, according to her parents.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

In the film, Huppert's countess character returns to life in a scarlet red funeral barge sailing into in the Seegrotte, an underground Viennese lake popular with tourists.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Studies show that ʻiʻiwi, also known as the scarlet honeycreeper, face a mortality rate of about 90 percent if infected.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

Among papers scattered in the dusty attic he finds, along with a scarlet and gold embroidered A, the true story of Hester Prynne written by the surveyor from 100 years before.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

“You cheated!” he said, and his face was scarlet with exertion and with anger.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman