poison

Example Sentences

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Already this year, his flagship billion-dollar free school meals programme has been mired in controversy over mass food poisonings.

From BBC

It’s like solving food poisoning with another lukewarm plate of lightly-boiled chicken.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I know, and everyone who knows him knows, that he was poisoned,” Diane said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Remembering this kept the poison from entering my system.

From Salon

Built around the metaphor of elderberries, a fruit that can heal or poison depending on how it's handled, the song captures the tension of staying in a relationship you know is toxic.

From BBC