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food poisoning

NOUN
poisoning caused by eating food
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Symptoms may resemble food poisoning or, in rare cases, a condition known as anisakiasis.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

His employee, Sawyer, had called in sick with food poisoning the night before.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Levito is loving the experience so much that she won’t even harp on the fact that she briefly battled food poisoning.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

But critics have argued that Prabowo's flagship programme took away financial resources from other important initiatives, and pointed to more than 10,000 cases of food poisoning linked to the free meal scheme.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

I thought it might be the flu, when I could still think, or food poisoning from the pieces of fat.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen