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airsickness

[air-sik-nis] / ˈɛərˌsɪk nɪs /


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ABM, a major cleaning contractor, says its teams check for airsickness bags when they clean cabins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But Americans’ reaction is less like numbness and more a response to something like airsickness, which results when we experience a disconnect between our senses—a nausea-inducing conflict between what we know and what we see.

From Salon ● May 29, 2024

The people who do this more often know that you need to be well rested and eat properly to keep the airsickness at bay.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2023

An aviator fighting airsickness isn’t too different from a Black boy playing hockey, he said.

From Washington Post ● May 2, 2022

The airsickness bag fills up to the brim with a substance known as the vomito negro, or the black vomit.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston


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