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 situation resembles the parable of the scorpion and the turtle.

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

An international team of researchers has developed a method to identify and forecast hotspots for some of the most dangerous scorpion species on Earth.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026

He could not move until the scorpion moved, and it felt for the source of the death that was coming to it.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck