poisoning

Example Sentences

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"I can't help but feel that for eight weeks, I'd been slowly poisoning my son."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

The program has a target of ultimately feeding 83 million people, but it has come under the spotlight after thousands of recipients contracted food poisoning.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Many have expressed fears of an Orwellian-style forever war, or worse, the use of the atomic weapon invented “to end all wars” in a twisted attempt to do so, poisoning the region as a byproduct.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The kids who did eat—including Princesse, who was in twelfth grade—got very sick, throwing up from food poisoning.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana