allergic
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He was twice rushed to the hospital after his throat closed, he couldn’t breathe and his blood pressure plummeted — a severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
By February, he told his wife he was feeling itchy but Kate said doctors thought it might be an allergic reaction to medication.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
She was never above criticism; financial television has long been too cozy with the executives it covers and too allergic to the kind of confrontational reporting that treats CEOs as accountable public actors.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
You’re not the only person to have an allergic reaction to the idea of probate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
“But today I realized it always happens after he eats. Could he possibly be allergic to the new food?”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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