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From spring, the second phase of vaccination will focus on the rest of the adult population - mainly under-50s, who are much less likely to be ill with Covid-19.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2021

Almost 200 others are thought to be ill with the virus, according to a Newsom administration official not authorized to speak publicly.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2020

Among those reported to be ill with influenza were Premier Aleksei Kosygin and President Nikolai Podgorny.

From Time Magazine Archive

So extravagant you would all be ill with laughing if I could remember it.

From The Red Cockade by Weyman, Stanley John

Alas, alas! to be ill, with an unkind wife! not to be able to go away—here must I be, and submit to her humours and to all her bitter speeches.

From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. by Auerbach, Berthold




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