food poisoning
Example Sentences
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Menus are hammered out course by course, with ingredients screened to avoid poisoning—not just by would-be assassins but also regular old food poisoning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Symptoms may resemble food poisoning or, in rare cases, a condition known as anisakiasis.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 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
Still—though it would be insane, I knew, to mention it at that moment—it was possible that he had food poisoning or appendicitis or something.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
