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Hibs folk will be sick of hearing the chat about the freakish Tynecastle casualty list - Wouter Vrancken isn't exactly loving it either - but it's reality.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Pressed — surely she’s pretended to be sick to get out of a party? — she concedes she has, explaining that she thought he meant the criminal case against her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“The Nation may be sick unto speedy death & past help,” he wrote as the proclamation went into effect in January 1863, “but if so, it’s last great Act is one of Repentance & Restitution.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Statham also jokes that audiences "will be sick of me by the end of the year" as he stars in several films being released in 2026 including Mutiny and a sequel to The Beekeeper.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026

“I stay because it’s my job. No, it’s not exciting. No woman is attractive when you’re pouring ice water over her head to revive her and she’s managed to be sick in her own hair.”

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein


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