be sick
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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
Eyes red, cheeks tear-stained and foreheads pouring sweat, the two squirmed in their seats and Bernthal said he was going to be sick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Sinner has played a lot of tennis over the past three months and appeared to be sick on court during his titanic battle with Medvedev.
From BBC ● May 23, 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
“Don’t do that! I thought I was going to be sick: I turned round and you were falling,” she said.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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