Example Sentences

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All five meerkats at Philadelpha Zoo have died within a matter of days, leading zoo officials to suspect that a dye may have poisoned them.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2023

Indigenous people living in the shadow of Nornickel say that the mining giant's activities have poisoned their land and water, making it impossible for them to fish and hunt reindeer in their traditional territories.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2022

Marine toxins from these blooms have poisoned thousands of people and killed hundreds worldwide since the 1980s, with the most deaths in the Philippines.

From Scientific American • Jan. 24, 2022

The growing operations have poisoned streams and groundwater with harmful pesticides and harmed wildlife and plants.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2021

Maybe it comes from the stew in some nameless Ukrainian kitchen; maybe partisans have poisoned the water; maybe Werner simply sits too long in too many damp places with the headset over his ears.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr