sicker

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Sicker patients needed more frequent and longer use of medical devices, such as catheters and ventilators, that break the body’s natural protective barrier — the skin — and so increase infection risk.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2023

"Sicker in the Head" is a follow-up to your first bestseller "Sick in the Head."

From Salon • May 21, 2022

Sicker and older consumers would likely see their premiums increase, as could lower-income consumers, who would no longer get federal assistance with their insurance costs.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2017

Sicker people would opt for the compliant plans, which cover more benefits.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2017

Many a reader of the anonymous quarto of 1579 must have joined in Cuddie's exclamation: Sicker, sike a roundel never heard I none!

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.