toxic

Example Sentences

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“I would like us to use the least toxic alternative possible, wherever possible,” Foley said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times

Flooding can trigger sewage releases into rivers and estuaries, threatening wildlife with disease and toxic water, "exaggerating the number of wildlife death events".

From BBC

"It's quite easy to make a version of that story where he's a sort of toxic incel male conspiracy theorist nut who you don't really sympathize with," he told AFP.

From Barron's

But his history of public controversy stretches back to at least 1991, when a memo he wrote while serving as the World Bank’s chief economist appeared to justify sending toxic waste to poorer countries.

From Salon

The AG accused the company of adding “toxic dyes” to its products.

From The Wall Street Journal