poisonous
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Indonesia's government says tens of thousands of personnel are fighting the fires, but the air in Palangkaraya remains poisonous, with the haze turning the sky apocalyptic orange in the late afternoon.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Before divorce and death brought us euphemisms like “blended family,” literature was rife with poisonous step relations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
He announced that the UK would set up a new centre to "stem the poisonous tide" of disinformation.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The Pluskal Group, including Mutabdžija, was studying the same difficult family of diterpenoid alkaloids in wolfsbane, a famously poisonous relative of larkspur that is also known as monkshood.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Under poisonous clouds, the rolling terrain glistened purple with dark red and blue scar lines.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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