How to Use poison pill in a Sentence

poison pill

noun

• Supporters of the project likened the ruling to a poison pill.
  — cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022
• But Jeffries and Collins agreed to scrap that poison pill.
  — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 25 Apr. 2018
• Some saw it as a poison pill, but in the end the entire GOP caucus went along.
  — Kevin Diaz, Houston Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2018
• That’s getting creative, for sure,’’ Birk said of the poison pill.
  — Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2019
• And Trump is off and running, his empire built on a poison pill.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 May 2024
• If there was a poison pill for killing the two-state solution, the 2014 Basic Law was it.
  — Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2020
• Twitter’s board went from installing a poison pill to agreeing to the sale to Elon Musk in just 11 days.
  — New York Times, 15 July 2022
• Trudeau said at a news conference in response to a question about whether the clause was a poison pill for the talks.
  — Fortune, 13 Oct. 2017
• If enough shareholders agree, Musk could use that as leverage to get the board to drop the poison pill defense.
  — Tom Krisher, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022
• If Twitter’s board wants to get rid of Musk’s meddling, that may be the most appealing option, and the poison pill could be the tool to do it.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2022
• The poison pill plan would take effect if anyone buys 15% or more of the company’s stock without the approval of the board.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 18 Apr. 2022
• As part of the deal disclosures, Xerox for the first time published the full joint venture agreements—the poison pill.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 21 May 2018
• The poison pill and the board’s reluctance to engage with him means the next step is a formal tender offer.
  — Abram Brown, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
• Under the plan, anyone that buys 4.9% or more of Penney’s stock without approval of the board would trigger the poison pill.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2020
• First, the plan crucially includes a poison pill that may stop the deal from advancing very far.
  — Time, 28 Jan. 2020
• That school spirit dies at The Beltway where power struggles and poison pills sack bills before the snap.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 17 July 2023
• Even the day’s only silver lining for Mr. Johnson came with a poison pill.
  — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2019
• The terms of the poison pill adopted by Twitter carried another one, as well.
  — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2022
• Netflix adopted a poison pill in 2012 to stop Mr. Icahn from buying up its shares.
  — New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022
• As a result, the poison pill would risk diluting Musk’s current stake in the company, which is at 9%.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 18 Apr. 2022
• The poison pill only goes into effect if Musk takes more than a 15 percent stake in the company.
  — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
• Twitter at first moved to ward off Musk, adopting a poison pill defense meant to make any takeover attempt costly.
  — Abram Brown, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
• The poison pill, of course, did not prevent the board from striking a deal with Musk in direct negotiations.
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2022
• Icahn's letter noted that Schechter had voted against the poison pill.
  — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2021
• There are several poison pill proposals still on the table that could doom the entire deal.
  — Ana Swanson, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017
• The poison pill isn’t the only strategy Twitter is using to counter Musk’s offer.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2022
• The poison pill was seen as a stop-gap measure to prevent Musk from purchasing the social media platform.
  — NBC News, 26 Apr. 2022
• Twitter's board of directors approved a poison pill to prevent a hostile takeover in response to Elon Musk's offer to buy the firm.
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2022
• After pushback, Democrats removed the poison pill amendments last month.
  — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 July 2024
• Southwest’s move on Wednesday comes several weeks after Elliott’s bid, with the poison pill plan seeking to stave off the activist firm.
  — Byleo Schwartz, Fortune, 3 July 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024