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Tidwell had struggled with anxiety, depression and disturbing thoughts—for instance, that someone had poisoned her water bottle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

Mr McDonald will also deliver a separate report from seven medical experts claiming the results of insulin tests on Baby F and Baby L, who a jury concluded Letby had poisoned, were unreliable.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025

Glashausser said some of the women battled mental illness issues and frightened Ray when they told him they had poisoned him, prompting him to seek help from prosecutors, the Environmental Protection Agency and journalists.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2022

Security agents had poisoned Mr. Navalny’s underwear, according to the open-source investigative group Bellingcat, Mr. Navalny and Western governments.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021

It wasn’t until after we separated, on nights when Shoshana was asleep and I was lonely, that I wondered if perhaps my mother had poisoned my marriage.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan