poison

Example Sentences

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He survived a suspected poisoning with the Novichok nerve agent in 2020, for which he received treatment in a German hospital.

From BBC

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed using a deadly toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America, the UK and some of its European allies have said.

From BBC

It isn’t just that Starmer is perceived as an indecisive, failed leader who has now been poisoned by runoff from the Epstein scandal.

From Salon

However, Cooper told Kuenssberg the use of poison "is evidence of the aggression that is unfortunately going to be continuing" against Europe "and we need to be ready to respond to that".

From BBC

This weekend, several European countries announced -- after testing his body samples -- that Navalny was poisoned with a rare toxin.

From Barron's