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as in poisonous
bad for the well-being of the body we knew that the junk food at the carnival was unhealthy, but it tasted so good!

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Recent Examples of unhealthy The individual has transitioned from unhealthy to healthy, and every health decision supports the new persona. Matt Parrott, arkansasonline.com, 19 Jan. 2025 Many folks ribbed the hard partying PGA great about his unhealthy lifestyle and eating habits. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 18 Jan. 2025 Experts share the following information to keep your beloved animals safe during a poor or unhealthy air quality event: Keep pets indoors as much as possible, and keep your windows shut. Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025 Air quality concerns Unfortunately, Zehr said any smoke being output by smoldering fires, when combined with light winds, can lead to pollutants being trapped rather than dispersed, creating unhealthy air quality concerns. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for unhealthy 
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  • Seven-percent mortgages have been poisonous to homebuilders, and Horton was down 26% in the fourth quarter – in a rising market, at that.
    John Dorfman, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Social platforms are poised to become even more poisonous to their own users as a handful of outrageously rich and powerful men grapple with their own insecurities around masculinity and free speech.
    Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
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  • Hart is suing her former employer, Extended Stay America, alleging that the company didn’t provide training or the most basic safety measures to handle dangerous and sometimes life-threatening work conditions.
    Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The agency issued a red warning, its highest-level alert indicating dangerous weather, for Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland, before downgrading it Friday afternoon.
    Claire Moses, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • Most cases were blamed on direct contact with sick animals, except for three that have befuddled investigators who failed to identify a likely source.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2025
  • There’s just an element of danger to a lot of these things, and then getting sick and having to survive that and then writing those stories and living through that with my bandmates… There’s sort of a tension and a release that’s built into every one of these songs.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
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  • Experts at Parenting FirstCry note that toxic behavior from a SIL can manifest as manipulation, criticism, or attempts to create conflict.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Gascón’s biologically male Emilia remains a toxic nonbinary whatzit even after surgery — ruthlessly forcing everyone into criminality, deception, and ethical compromises.
    Armond White, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025
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  • Cold weather and hazardous travel conditions may lead to a smaller turnout for Trump's inauguration weekend.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
  • After the Marshall Fire, hazardous gases associated with the wildfire smoke, such as benzene and naphthalene, could be detected in homes downwind of the fire long after the burns were put out.
    Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 19 Jan. 2025
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  • For better or worse, the author brand has become as integral to literary success as the writing itself.
    JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Daily How Nike’s new CEO plans to rebound from its worst year ever Sheryl Estrada NewslettersTerm Sheet Yan-David Erlich, former Weights and Biases executive, joins B Capital as general partner Allie Garfinkle NewslettersData Sheet The key to Netflix’s blowout earnings?
    Brit Morse, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • The unhealthful effects of autocracy remain robust even when accounting for economic differences and when excluding Venezuela and its collapsing health-care system.
    Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2020
  • However, communities in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains were still experiencing unhealthful air quality, according to the air district.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
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  • Meme coins are considered the riskiest corner of the already risky cryptocurrency market.
    Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Spencer Kimball,Christina Wilkie,Annie Nova,Brian Evans,Alex Harring,Yun Li, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Friendships Are an Asset—When Handled Well Workplace friendships are not inherently risky.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Unhealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhealthy. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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