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poison

[poi-zuhn] / ˈpɔɪ zən /




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"Antisemitism is a poison, and we won't stop fighting it until every Jewish person can live their lives fully, and free from fear," the cabinet minister for communities said.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

But as is so often the case in world affairs, there are no good guys in the story and you have to pick your poison.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

The final installment, published Friday, described succession as “the poison at the heart of LVMH.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Research has found acetamiprid can poison honey bees, affecting their foraging capacity and memory, while a 2024 study suggested flupyradifurone could be lethal to some bees.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

“You are not safe near the poison tide!”

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Wildlife officials had found that many of these poisons worked their way through the food chain, sickening and killing owls, raptors, coyotes and mountain lions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

If one does not appreciate the nature and importance of the squabble, Freidenberg maintained, one cannot really grasp how totalitarianism poisons every moment.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

But he sure makes the strongest case for being the most malevolent, influential force there, a malignancy that poisons everything he touches.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 29, 2026

Dr Alan Buckle of the University of Reading has spent 30 years working to develop new rat poisons but - he tells me with a laugh - "I failed".

From BBC Sep. 25, 2025

Combinations of attractants and poisons are being tried against several insect species.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The Webb score is subtle and insinuating, but it could also be explosive, as in the devastating discovery cue dramatizing the heroine’s realization that she is being poisoned.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

It also can wreak havoc on wildlife, with numerous pelicans and sea lions being poisoned in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Supergirl follows Kara-Zor-El, played by Alcock, on her 23rd birthday as she goes on a quest to save her dog, Krypto, after he is poisoned.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Leo condemned "a deadly mix of obscure interests and indifference toward the common good, which has poisoned the natural and social environment".

From Barron's May 23, 2026

Radioactive fallout could have poisoned communities all the way to Washington, D.C., and beyond.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

But I’m not saying I got food poisoning from Found.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

But it is unsafe to eat raw poultry because of the food poisoning risk from harmful bacteria.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

The staff’s “rebellion,” Ms. Rogoyska tells us, lay “not in poisoning the Germans’ soup but in keeping something hidden from their masters, right under their noses: the finest wine, and perhaps a few men, too.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Alongside efforts to restrict access and harmful information, the researchers suggest that emergency services could take additional steps to reduce the consequences of sodium nitrite poisoning.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

I thought it might be the flu, when I could still think, or food poisoning from the pieces of fat.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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