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Recent Examples of venom Woman screams as snake attacks—dog jumps in and takes the venom for her The video highlighted the canine parents, with viewers instantly falling in love with the unique puppies. Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025 Do not attempt to suck out venom: This is not effective and can cause further damage to the wound. Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 By staying cool under stress, your heart rate will decrease and slow down the absorption of venom in the body, according to Starkey. Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025 Their venom, similar to a bee’s or wasp’s, results in a painful, itchy pustule or blister on the skin. Gareth McGrath, USA Today, 28 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for venom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for venom
Noun
  • Just to name a few of the problems: gravity is too low, the radiation is too high, there’s no air, and the dirt is made of poison.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
  • These poisons can vaporize on hot days and be inhaled, absorbed through the skin, or even swallowed by children playing on synthetic fields.
    Dr. Philip J. Landrigan, New York Daily News, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Global banks aren’t necessarily acting out of malice.
    Wale Ayeni, semafor.com, 14 July 2025
  • Beneath the inevitable finger-pointing and politicizing, there is often a genuine, even desperate, human impulse to find fault not out of malice, but out of mourning and a desire to find solutions.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Air toxics and health The five air toxics that Colorado selected all have negative impacts on health.
    Jenni Shearston, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The politics at Oakland Unified have moved from contentious to outright toxic in the past two years, with the board split on key votes around financial decisions.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • There’s a great tradition in sports of being driven by a fear, or a hatred, of that feeling.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • She’s been feeling so much hatred, so much anger, so much sadness, so much disappointment these last few episodes.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • In addition to providing protection for individuals, the DHS website says that widespread vaccination means that diseases have less opportunity to spread.
    Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 22 July 2025
  • Topline Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary frontman of heavy metal progenitors Black Sabbath and a multi-platinum selling solo artist, has died at 76, his family confirmed to the BBC, just weeks after his final performance with his old band while still battling Parkinson’s disease.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Although most blooms are green algae and not harmful, there are some that are actually a type of cyanobacteria that have the ability to produce toxins – called harmful algal blooms (HABs).
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
  • Here are Kaufman's picks for the best, liver-friendly foods: Blueberries Kaufman recommends including a variety of foods filled with antioxidants into your diet to help cleanse the liver and decrease toxins.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 21 July 2025

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“Venom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/venom. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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