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

I’ve felt something hard, a cockroach or scorpion, under the covers.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez