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poison

[poi-zuhn] / ˈpɔɪ zən /




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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

That combo has been pure poison for airlines in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The researchers found that many of the poison control cases could have been avoided with better patient education.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Ripping out the poison of antisemitism, restoring trust on the economy, defence, and national security.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

The poison tide had killed off the coastal vegetation, making it the perfect fuel for a wildfire.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

It follows concerns that the poisons are killing songbirds, which like to line their nests with dog and cat hair, as well as contaminating rivers and coastal waters and killing aquatic life.

From BBC May 3, 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

But then he enacts the scene in which Iago subtly poisons Othello’s mind into believing that his wife is having an affair with a handsome lieutenant.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2026

But if the atmosphere poisons me and I die of cancer, I am not enjoying "personal liberties" of any sort…

From Salon Mar. 28, 2025

Some mushrooms and berries have poisons in them, and she made sure I knew exactly how terrible it would be to eat one of them.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Scores of protesters marched a mile from the site of the hazardous blaze to the meeting, chanting as they walked that the warehouse had poisoned their community and they wanted it removed permanently.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 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

To end the Iran-Iraq war, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini made the difficult call during a high level of debate to end the fighting, a decision he likened to drinking from a poisoned chalice.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

Thirteen of the dead wolves were taken to the institute in Teramo, which found the "presence of pesticides for agriculture used in poisoned bait for animals".

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

I could believe it would heal anything, even Thalia’s poisoned tree.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

But his life was plagued by bouts of acute depression which caused repeated admissions to psychiatric hospitals - where Oddie suffered from severe lithium poisoning as a result of his treatment.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Given the state of epidemiology and data analysis, food poisoning probably shouldn’t be a monthlong mystery, and yet here we are.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

“Unfortunately, raptors get lead poisoning often, and that’s one of the problems we deal with,” she said, noting that their recent patient had not yet been diagnosed with this.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

It was the law of the blocked road and the fouled well—a pig loose on the highway, a tannery poisoning a shared stream, gunpowder stored where it might ignite and level the block.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

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

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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