- present participle of poison.
poisoning
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Both Panelli and his wife, Julie, came down with food poisoning.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
He does not seem to think about the jobs it will destroy, the way it is poisoning creativity or education, the way it warps our shared sense of reality.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
PD-1 drugs like Keytruda revolutionized cancer care by unleashing the immune system rather than poisoning tumors with chemotherapy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
The free meals programme has been linked to at least 33,000 food poisoning cases as of April, according to local non-governmental organisation Network for Education Watch.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Piper remembered what Hercules had told them: his first family dead, his second wife dead after being tricked into poisoning him.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
But last week, Prabowo fired the head of the agency responsible for the free meals programme, following mass poisonings and allegations of corruption.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
During the state’s last major spate of poisonings in 2016, 14 cases were reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
In a typical year, the state may see up to five cases of mushroom-related poisonings , authorities have said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
She also charts instances of plots, poisonings and refusals to work, actions that caused significant upheaval.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
But these poisonings from the agua mala came quickly and struck like a whiplash.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
