How to Use ricin in a Sentence
ricin
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The shell of the castor bean is highly poisonous and can be used to make ricin.
— Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 6 July 2018 -
The sentence said ricin is part of the waste produced when castor oil is made.
— Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020 -
The tip of the umbrella had been laced with ricin, a deadly poison, and Markov later died.
— Flora Carr, Time, 6 Mar. 2018 -
Later in the day the FBI confirms that the letter tested positive for ricin.
— Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 27 May 2021 -
The seeds of the castor bean plant are naturally poisonous and can be used to create ricin.
— Kirsten Grieshaber and David Rising, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2018 -
Each packet contains eight seeds, and ricin is a poison that can be extracted from the seeds of the castor oil plant.
— Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2021 -
This is not the first time that U.S. officials have been targeted in ricin attacks.
— Katie Benner, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2020 -
It’s where Walt poisoned Lydia with ricin-laced Stevia.
— Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2021 -
Tiny amounts of ricin can kill an adult if eaten, injected or inhaled.
— Frank Jordans, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2018 -
The court filing does not state what authorities believe Gibbs intended to do with the ricin.
— AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2018 -
Tests were conducted confirmed the powder was not a deadly substance like anthrax and ricin.
— USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2020 -
Castor oil plant seeds contain ricin and are thus extremely poisonous.
— Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 29 June 2021 -
There have been several prior instances in which U.S. officials have been targeted with ricin sent through the mail.
— CBS News, 21 Sep. 2020 -
Schmidtke gave the meat to Animal Services to be tested, and the results came back positive for ricin, authorities said.
— Aimee Green, OregonLive.com, 3 Jan. 2018 -
News sources are now reporting that this message has tested positive for ricin.
— Noelia Trujillo, Woman's Day, 30 May 2013 -
In actuality, federal agents placed fake ricin in the package, along with a GPS tracker.
— Andy Nguyen, Glendale News-Press, 9 Sep. 2019 -
Investigators found the ricin in a container that was double wrapped with plastic bags.
— Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 2 May 2018 -
As Markov walked across London’s Waterloo Bridge, an assailant stabbed him with the lethal umbrella, implanting a pellet laced with ricin.
— Calder Walton, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2018 -
Authorities intercepted a package sent to the White House that contained the poison ricin.
— CNN, 20 Sep. 2020 -
Earlier this year a Tunisian man was convicted of planning an attack using ricin, a lethal toxin, and given a 10-year jail sentence.
— Christopher F. Schuetze New York Times, Star Tribune, 19 Aug. 2020 -
Back in 2018, four letters which tested positive for ricin were sent to top U.S. officials, including Trump.
— Haley Victory Smith, Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2020 -
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if castor seeds are swallowed, ricin can be released and cause injury.
— CBS News, 19 Sep. 2020 -
Federal prosecutors said FBI agents seized castor beans from Layman's home, along with instructions on how to make ricin.
— CBS News, 5 July 2017 -
The order will suspend research into organisms that cause Ebola, smallpox, anthrax and plague, and poison ricin, the New York Times reported.
— Fox News, 7 Aug. 2019 -
Law enforcement intercepted a package containing ricin, a highly toxic compound that has been used in terror plots, that was sent to Trump last week.
— Aj Willingham, CNN, 21 Sep. 2020 -
One day, her husband texted Ms. Collins a photo of himself in a hazmat suit; someone had sent a threatening letter to their Maine home — where protesters gathered eight Sundays in a row — that claimed to contain ricin.
— Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2020 -
The inherent toxicity of nerve agents is a clear attraction to would-be assassins, as are other poisons such as arsenic, cyanide and ricin.
— Robert Chilcott, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2020 -
The BioFlash itself isn’t new; the federal government and other customers have used it for a decade, testing mail for anthrax, ricin and other toxic materials.
— Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 16 Apr. 2021 -
He is accused of having started procuring material, including a large quantity of seeds needed for the creation of ricin, online in mid-May.
— NBC News, 14 June 2018 -
According to the Centers for Disease Control, exposure to ricin through inhalation, ingestion or injection can lead to death.
— Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2020
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