poison
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By helping ants learn bait locations more quickly and recruit more nestmates, caffeine could increase how effectively poison spreads through a colony before the ants detect it.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
"This government stands firmly with the Jewish community, and we will not stop in our fight to confront and defeat the poison of antisemitism," Starmer added on X.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Ricin, a highly toxic chemical, is a poison found naturally in castor beans.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Residents are concerned the herbicides poison creeks, harm wildlife and threaten people’s health, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
The mining station manager had promised to clean up the poison tide, and she was keeping her word.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Vocabulary lists containing poison
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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