poisoning
Example Sentences
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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
His employee, Sawyer, had called in sick with food poisoning the night before.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
One of the two teenagers who died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a holiday park in East Yorkshire had complained of a headache before they were last seen alive, an inquest heard.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
Extreme care must be used in order to create an insecticidal effect in the blood and tissues of the host without setting up a fatal poisoning.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
