poison
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But as is so often the case in world affairs, there are no good guys in the story and you have to pick your poison.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Research has found acetamiprid can poison honeybees, affecting their foraging capacity and memory, while a 2024 study suggested flupyradifurone could be lethal to some bees.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Rais Vohra, medical director of the state poison control system, said the reported bites may not represent all snakebites because the agency relies on voluntary reporting from the public and healthcare professionals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
That combo has been pure poison for airlines in the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Across the ocean was an easier, safer life, and as the poison tide wore on, more birds chose to fly away.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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Nicola, a poisons information specialist, had received her paddleboard for her 40th birthday just weeks earlier and had been excited about going on the trip run by Lloyd's company, Salty Dog Co Ltd.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
If one does not appreciate the nature and importance of the squabble, Freidenberg maintained, one cannot really grasp how totalitarianism poisons every moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
We need to understand why wishing ill on the other side is wrong and why such talk poisons civic life and dooms everyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
You see it everywhere; it not only crowds out natives, it also poisons the soil to kill off the competition and ruins biodiversity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
Oysters and clams may concentrate these poisons in their digestive organs and other tissues.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Notably, neither scavengers nor flies that fed on the supposedly poisoned carcasses have perished -- creatures that typically succumb after consuming poisoned animals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
It also can wreak havoc on wildlife, with numerous pelicans and sea lions being poisoned in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"It's kind of a poisoned chalice for any Chinese defence minister to speak out publicly," said Jennifer Parker, adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia's Defence and Security Institute.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
When someone gets poisoned, a random stranger just happens to have the antidote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
They are so angry at each other, their relationship tainted as if it, too, has been poisoned.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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But it is unsafe to eat raw poultry because of the food poisoning risk from harmful bacteria.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Over that period, the laboratory received 274 samples connected to 201 suspected cases of either deliberate or accidental poisoning across the UK, Ireland, and Gibraltar.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Olgulului's Papatiti also dismissed the theory of deliberate poisoning.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
After a 2022 bout of E. coli poisoning at Wendy’s, the stock fell 13% over six weeks but rebounded 25% over the next couple of months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
She wondered if the gold was poisoning their thoughts somehow, so that they’d never give her a fair trial.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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