poison

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

The final installment, published Friday, described succession as “the poison at the heart of LVMH.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Research has found acetamiprid can poison honey bees, 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

Roz stood there, perfectly still, one foot on the rocks, the other in the poison tide.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

The Scottish Parliament's powers are limited and do not extend to the regulation of "medicines, medical supplies, and poisons" or of health professionals.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

The soil is packed with poisons, and massive dust storms obscure the sun for months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

But he sure makes the strongest case for being the most malevolent, influential force there, a malignancy that poisons everything he touches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 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

Woodcocks, which winter in Louisiana but breed in the North, now carry the taint of the fire ant poisons in their bodies.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The Webb score is subtle and insinuating, but it could also be explosive, as in the devastating discovery cue dramatizing the heroine’s realization that she is being poisoned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

The right-back position is becoming a poisoned chalice, either because of injuries or loss of form.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Anya wanted to ask him what sense that made; if they poisoned the water, they’d be poisoned with everyone else.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

In recent weeks, dozens of sea lions suffering from domoic acid poisoning have turned up on beaches from Monterey County to Sonoma County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Thousands of cases food poisoning happen each year in the UK caused by lots of different strains of salmonella.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The staff’s “rebellion,” Ms. Rogoyska tells us, lay “not in poisoning the Germans’ soup but in keeping something hidden from their masters, right under their noses: the finest wine, and perhaps a few men, too.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 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

Damage to the nervous system is not confined to acute poisoning; there may also be delayed effects from exposure.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson