poisoning
Example Sentences
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Symptoms may resemble food poisoning or, in rare cases, a condition known as anisakiasis.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
There is no known antidote for ricin poisoning.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The program has a target of ultimately feeding 83 million people, but it has come under the spotlight after thousands of recipients contracted food poisoning.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
His employee, Sawyer, had called in sick with food poisoning the night before.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Drifting arsenic dusts from blueberry lands have spread over neighboring farms, contaminating streams, fatally poisoning bees and cows, and causing human illness.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
