1
as in tainting
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable
poisoning the minds of impressionable children with ethnic hatred
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as in polluting
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
exhaust fumes poisoning the air
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as in degrading
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
this party partisanship poisons the national debate we should be having about this urgent problem
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as in turning
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge
malicious rumors had poisoned many church members against the new pastor
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Recent Examples of poisoning
Symptoms of salmonella poisoning Symptoms of salmonella poisoning usually start six hours to six days after ingesting the bacteria.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Four people have died in California as a result of the amatoxin poisoning outbreak.
—Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
The Maya were poisoning their own water.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The chemotherapy doctors are poisoning you.
—Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Boys State team Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss are behind Teenage Wasteland, which revisits the story of a group of teenagers in upstate New York, who in the early 1990s make a film that uncovers a conspiracy that is poisoning their community.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
But for the sons of Kouri Richins — the Utah woman sentenced to life without parole for fatally poisoning her husband — that bond has been shattered.
—Toni Odejimi, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
Kouri Richins, a Utah woman convicted of fatally poisoning her husband with fentanyl, is set to be sentenced for murder on Wednesday.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 May 2026
One of the charges against Richins is connected to that incident after prosecutors accused her of poisoning his sandwich in an attempt to kill him.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 13 May 2026
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Four people have died in California as a result of the amatoxin poisoning outbreak.
—Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
The Maya were poisoning their own water.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The chemotherapy doctors are poisoning you.
—Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Boys State team Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss are behind Teenage Wasteland, which revisits the story of a group of teenagers in upstate New York, who in the early 1990s make a film that uncovers a conspiracy that is poisoning their community.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
But for the sons of Kouri Richins — the Utah woman sentenced to life without parole for fatally poisoning her husband — that bond has been shattered.
—Toni Odejimi, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
Kouri Richins, a Utah woman convicted of fatally poisoning her husband with fentanyl, is set to be sentenced for murder on Wednesday.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 May 2026
One of the charges against Richins is connected to that incident after prosecutors accused her of poisoning his sandwich in an attempt to kill him.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poisoning
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Brandy, a 90s R&B mainstay, lied about marrying her daughter’s father in the early aughts for fear of tainting her stardom.—
DeAsia Paige,
AJC.com,
4 June 2026
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Protagonist Jo’s mother disappeared when Jo was a teen, tainting her daughter with the stain of possible witchcraft.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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But across Oklahoma, the fluid is spreading uncontrollably belowground, blasting out of old, unplugged wells, polluting land and contaminating drinking water.—
Katie Campbell,
ProPublica,
2 June 2026
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The city had rezoned the area allowing polluting heavy industry to proliferate the community.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Damaged pans may be harder to use safely and may continue degrading with heat, cleaning and metal utensils.—
Ryan Brennan
June 2,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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Years of degrading the Star Wars legacy with terrible, unwatchable streaming series and the disappointing end of the previous trilogy have taken their toll.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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Now, the soon-to-be junior and 2024 Team USA Olympic alternate has plans of turning UGA gymnastics into a superpower, drawing enthusiasm similar to the school’s most prominent sport.—
Hunter DeLauder,
AJC.com,
3 June 2026
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The company specializes in repurposing old baseball gloves and turning them into one-of-a-kind leather products, particularly wallets, billfolds, card cases and money clips.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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The sheets will absorb excess moisture, which will prevent your fruits and veggies spoiling quickly.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
3 June 2026
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Paige Bueckers scored 24 points and Azzi Fudd added 17 of her season-high 24 in the third quarter to lift the Dallas Wings to a 91-76 win over the New York Liberty on Sunday, spoiling the season debut of Sabrina Ionescu.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
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But across Oklahoma, the fluid is spreading uncontrollably belowground, blasting out of old, unplugged wells, polluting land and contaminating drinking water.—
Katie Campbell,
ProPublica,
2 June 2026
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Some medical clinics advertise microdosing Zepbound by drawing up less than the full amount in the single-use vial, but this has not been studied, and there is a risk of contaminating the vial by using it more than once.—
Jody Dushay,
STAT,
29 May 2026
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Character also involves standing up to people who are bankrupting and corrupting this country.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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An early discussion about social contracts comes down to us in Plato’s dialogue Crito in which Socrates, condemned to death for allegedly corrupting the youth, refused an offer to escape from prison.—
George G. Szpiro,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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Magyar’s super-majority government has restored judicial, academic and media independence, launched broad anti-corruption drives and moved to join the EU’s prosecutor’s office, convincing Brussels that Hungary is changing course.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Still, not every plaintiff who reports capital gain for a legal settlement has an easy time convincing the IRS.—
Robert W. Wood,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Poisoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poisoning. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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