poisoned
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Christina Applegate has a theory about why she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis: She’s been poisoned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Now she is part of a group of people who are worried they may have been poisoned by years of exposure to toxic waste, and are campaigning for voluntary blood testing across Wales.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The attacks escalated this summer, with 16 trees — 13 Jeffrey pines and three white firs — poisoned on three occasions between May and early August.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The coordinating agent then recruited poisoned agents for experiments that would terminate their runs, authorizing each with the words, “yes if you accept permadeath.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
“You don’t think those berries were poisoned, do you?”
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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