mal de mer
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Dr. Desnoes has been having the company ship-doctors gather data on the malady, known also as mal de mer and nausea marma, to which most people, even sailors, are subject.
From Time Magazine Archive
Talbot exclaims at one point, but the energy he might have devoted to metaphysical speculations on this insight pour instead into keeping himself upright on the heaving decks and avoiding mal de mer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Long's chores keep him below decks much of the time, poring over charts� an occupation that undoubtedly contributes to his mal de mer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The filming, some of which took place off the coast of Barcelona, caused some seasickness problems among the moviemakers, but Dunaway seemed to have had more worries about costuming than mal de mer.
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Why do perfect strangers assume that, because I have taken up the task of muck-raking the Atlantic Ocean, I am in need of antidotes for mal de mer?
From Ship-Bored by Street, Julian
