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Recent Examples of adulteration
Recent years, for example, have seen a major increase in adulteration with the horse tranquilizer xylazine, which knocks users out but doesn’t satisfy the opioid craving.
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Charles Fain Lehman, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
The owner is facing charges including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, drug adulteration and violations of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, per the Times of India.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 9 Oct. 2025
Diageo denied these allegations and that lawsuit is still pending, but today there was news about another suit from a different plaintiff alleging the same type of adulteration.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
That’s where much of our data on food adulteration at the time comes from, notes Blum.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
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Charles Fain Lehman, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
The owner is facing charges including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, drug adulteration and violations of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, per the Times of India.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 9 Oct. 2025
Diageo denied these allegations and that lawsuit is still pending, but today there was news about another suit from a different plaintiff alleging the same type of adulteration.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
That’s where much of our data on food adulteration at the time comes from, notes Blum.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adulteration
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Neighbors were still without water in one Mountain View neighborhood on Sunday after a mistake at a construction site on Friday caused possible contamination, and neighbors are waiting for tests to reveal whether the water is safe for use.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Around 5,000 thyroid cancers have been linked to iodine contamination of milk supplies by the accident, 15 of them fatal.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
26 Apr. 2026
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This can happen due to your natural hair texture, dryness, or environmental stressors like wind, friction from your pillowcase, or pollution—your cuticles can catch on each other like Velcro, Small says, causing tangles.—
Sarah Felbin,
Allure,
26 Apr. 2026
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Duffy joined 20 other Orland Grassland volunteers Saturday to plant native shrubs such as American plum, hazelnut and nannyberry viburnum to eventually help buffer some of the noise and pollution from the LaGrange Road traffic.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Adulteration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulteration. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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