toxic
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French lawmakers on Tuesday recognised the state's partial responsibility in allowing a toxic pesticide to be used in the French West Indies despite health warnings, inflicting long-term harm on the islands and their people.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
These materials are relatively abundant, do not require complex manufacturing processes, and contain no toxic ingredients.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
The “zoo,” in which otherworldly lifeforms such as socket-seeking eye midges and toxic gas ticks are kept, is a smaller version of Prodigy’s containment lab on Earth.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
But this race is going to be the sort of toxic mud match in which the candidate who is most unfairly attacked will also likely lose.
From Slate • May 30, 2026
All that grinding of rocky minerals created great clouds of toxic dust, which streamed away on the currents.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Vocabulary lists containing toxic
Holes
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