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illness

[il-nis] / ˈɪl nɪs /


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She lives in Santa Monica, holds an MFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College and is working on a memoir about having a mystery illness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Researchers are offering a new way to understand why aging is so closely connected to chronic illness.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

His team had said earlier in the day that he had been hospitalized with a severe illness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Busch's representatives had said earlier on Thursday that he had been sent to hospital with a severe illness.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Scientists from 2199 could die from an ordinary illness in another timeprint, for example, because they have no immunity against it.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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