poisoning
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She detects a generalized funk poisoning our existence and asks, not unreasonably, “What is with this bummer veil cast over everything fun or exciting?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But his life was plagued by bouts of acute depression which caused repeated admissions to psychiatric hospitals - where Oddie suffered from severe lithium poisoning as a result of his treatment.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Given the state of epidemiology and data analysis, food poisoning probably shouldn’t be a monthlong mystery, and yet here we are.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Another possibility is lead poisoning, according to the San Dimas rescue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Toxic amounts of cobalt and aluminum saturated the earth, poisoning the plants.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
An exceptionally wet December helped usher in what’s believed to be the state’s largest and deadliest outbreak of mushroom poisonings on record, with cases concentrated in Northern and Central California.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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
The unprecedented nerve agent poisonings of 2018 on British soil left their mark on those whose job it was to fathom what had happened.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
But these poisonings from the agua mala came quickly and struck like a whiplash.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
