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The activists worry the line will harm birds and that construction and maintenance crews driving through the transmission line corridor will carry in noxious weeds and invasive species.

From Salon

A 76-year-old man was arrested at a nearby pub on Monday evening on suspicion of administering poison or a noxious substance with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy and he remains in custody.

From BBC

The arrested man was detained on suspicion of administering poison or a noxious thing with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy.

From BBC

Xenophobia has always colored this nation’s past crackdowns on immigration legal and not, but the Golden State became a noxious cauldron whose anti-immigrant fumes have infested Americans in a way not seen in a century.

Noem’s noxious mix of willful ignorance and inflammatory rhetoric is almost too ludicrous to mock.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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