ailment
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"It's really amazing to see that something that's supposed to prevent a physical ailment can also help keep our brain healthy, too."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Distressed vets administered a glucose injection -- the only option, given that the cause of the ailment remains unknown -- to the 11-year-old male, known as Genghis Khan, who was struggling to breathe.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
There are few fortunes that can outlast a dementia illness or other ailment that requires full-time care for 20-plus years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Cooking for hours before a burning gas stove on extremely hot days has worsened an existing heart ailment, Agarwal says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Since her ailment compromised the safety of the others, we took up the problem in caucus.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The province has also recorded a surge in respiratory ailments.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Meta’s settlement won’t cure teens’ mental ailments, but it will do more good than years of further litigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Parton had canceled a planned Las Vegas engagement in May 2026, revealing that she was being treated for kidney stones as well as other undisclosed digestive and immune ailments.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
Typically, those ailments — think flu and respiratory syncytial virus — spike in the winter, and aren’t really seen outside of that season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“However, I could not work here. This garage is particularly dank, and I’m susceptible to respiratory ailments among a variety of others.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing ailment
Chains
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The Last Last-Day-of-Summer
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The Fault in Our Stars
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