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He sleeps not in a tent but under the stars, when they're not obscured by desert dust, in a sleeping bag—poisonous snakes and scorpions he compared the scorpion's bite to a bee sting constituting an acceptable hazard.
The Coolest Dude Alive Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Surely all thoughtful counterarguments deserve to be considered in a book that traces "the American Right" back to a scorpion's nest of plotters and assassins.
In Brief: American History W. Barksdale Maynard 2012
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It reportedly took Ms. Moss six months to learn the move, in which you bring a leg looping up from behind your head, like a scorpion's tail, to bonk someone on the noggin.
Hollywood's New Kick Don Steinberg 2011
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To get his impressive "crittercam" images, Easterson attaches tiny wireless cameras to the backs of animals; you can hear the scorpion's legs scratch against the earth as it scuttles about.
Cities build underground garbage systems; naturalist attaches cameras to animals 2010
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Is that a coat tail hanging behind him? jjappy on May 7, 2008 storm shadow looks like a burn victim. they should have used scorpion's ninja costume from the second mortal kombat movie or from the video games as inspiration and then work from there.
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Trusting the scorpion's logic the frog agreed and allowed the scorpion onto his back as he swam out into the river.
Vicious South Carolina Flyer Attacks McCain's Vietnam Service 2009
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Understanding full well the scorpion's reputation and seeing that stinger up close, the frog politely declines, asking "how do I know you won't sting me as we cross?"
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The turtle resists, fearing the scorpion's stin ...
Paul Loeb: Gutting the Health Care Plan: The Scorpion and the Congress 2009
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The turtle resists, fearing the scorpion's sting, but the scorpion reassures him that he'd do nothing so foolish, since both would drown if he did.
Gutting the Health Care Plan: The Scorpion and the Congress 2009
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While they've made promises to cut costs, their promises are only that (like the scorpion's), and they're already lobbying with everything they have to gut any seriously competitive public option.
Gutting the Health Care Plan: The Scorpion and the Congress 2009
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