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  • present participle of poison.
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poisoning

[poi-zuh-ning] / ˈpɔɪ zə nɪŋ /








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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Thousands of cases food poisoning happen each year in the UK caused by lots of different strains of salmonella.

From BBC Aug. 18, 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

Drifting arsenic dusts from blueberry lands have spread over neighboring farms, contaminating streams, fatally poisoning bees and cows, and causing human illness.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Campbell had suspected Low of "planting" items which were allegedly found during a raid on his then-home on the estate after alleged bird poisonings.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

The state continues to see an unprecedented uptick in poisonings and deaths associated with death cap, or Amanita phalloides; and western destroying angel, Amanita ocreata, mushrooms, according to the California Department of Public Health.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

California has seen an uptick in mushroom poisonings, with four people dying and 47 becoming seriously ill since November, according to the release.

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

Many cases of human poisonings are on record, most of them in connection with industrial handling.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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