toxic
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French lawmakers on Tuesday recognised the state's partial responsibility in allowing a toxic pesticide to be used in the French West Indies despite health warnings, inflicting long-term harm on the islands and their people.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
The “zoo,” in which otherworldly lifeforms such as socket-seeking eye midges and toxic gas ticks are kept, is a smaller version of Prodigy’s containment lab on Earth.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
But this race is going to be the sort of toxic mud match in which the candidate who is most unfairly attacked will also likely lose.
From Slate • May 30, 2026
It also helps prevent proteins from folding incorrectly and sticking together in toxic aggregates.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
In 1786, aged just forty-three, he was found dead at his workbench surrounded by an array of toxic chemicals, any one of which could have accounted for the stunned and terminal look on his face.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing toxic
Holes
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The Cardboard Kingdom
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