venom
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"Ample evidence demonstrates that baby rattlers, like adults, can control their venom expulsion, the adults possess and deliver far more venom when biting, and the adults cause substantially more severe symptoms in snakebite victims."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
He has plenty of venom in his groundstrokes and his nimbleness around the court means he is able to spring forward to finish points with volleys at the net.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Marc Leonard, summoning every ounce of venom he could muster, thumped one on goal and it came slapping back off the crossbar.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
Chelicerates rely on grasping appendages, often associated with venom delivery.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
I haven't heard the cannons fire yet, so perhaps Glimmer is in some sort of coma, her heart still struggling against the wasp venom.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
For the past five years, The Liana Trust has been studying venoms from species beyond the big four to develop antidotes to them.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
Compounds from spider and snake venoms, along with substances produced by plants and fungi, are being studied for their potential to treat pain, cancer, and other conditions.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 24, 2025
In her lab, she studied deadly marine venoms, including, for instance, those of box jellyfish, the toxins of which attack not only skin but the heart and nervous system.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2022
The venoms of different snake species share similar components, Fry said, so someone who is allergic to one type of snake is likely allergic to many types.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2021
About stings and venoms and beginnings and endings and all the creatures that no one else seems to understand.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
Vocabulary lists containing venom
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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