poison

It’s a happy, enthusiastic place, where extroverts are royalty, cynicism is poison, ironic detachment is treated like an injury, and nobody’s ever too cool for school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

“At one point in time, Gascón clearly was box office poison and he may still be,” said Roy Behr, a Democratic consultant who isn’t involved in either race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

With typical care, Karen tells me to watch out for the poison ivy as we walk along a muddy track.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Analysts led by Matthew Lofting gently characterized BP’s recent tumultuous history as “chequered” but said the company’s balance sheet improvement means the stock is “no longer a poison pill.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

They’d all heard about the poison tide, but it had seemed like a distant problem, not anything that would ever concern them.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Wildlife officials had found that many of these poisons worked their way through the food chain, sickening and killing owls, raptors, coyotes and mountain lions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

The move comes amid evidence the poisons are killing songbirds, which like to feather their nests with dog and cat hair, as well as contaminating rivers, killing aquatic life.

From BBC ● Apr. 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

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

Soil high in organic matter releases smaller quantities of poisons than others.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The calls come after a BBC documentary by Michael Sheen examined claims toxic waste poisoned people at 14 sites in Wales and England.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Six trees were previously poisoned in 2022, four of which died, according to Paul Raymore, a spokesman for the Incline Village General Improvement District.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

He also spoke of the failures of his and his wider team, specifically referencing a doctor who disregarded blood test results that suggested a baby had been poisoned with insulin in August 2015.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Today it is a symbol of a people who still seem poisoned and embittered by an attack that happened a quarter of a century ago.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

I didn’t tell my father about that last conversation I had with Danny, and I had many nightmares that year in which Reb Saunders screamed at me that I had poisoned his son’s mind.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

The Australian-born biologist said lead poisoning was a significant threat to birds across Europe and was one of the issues she explored in her 2019 expedition.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

In a long career before his death in August, at the age of 92, the agrarian writer Wendell Berry argued that modern agriculture was decimating family farms, hollowing out rural communities and poisoning the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

He said a woman and three children were hospitalised "with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning" in the region after drone debris fell on a house, causing a fire.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Lead poisoning is "particularly harmful to young children" and can "severely damage the brain and central nervous system", according to the World Health Organization.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“I’ll skip the food poisoning tonight,” I said.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson