- a variation of sic.
sick
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The regulators are investigating a multistate outbreak of cyclospora, a parasite that is responsible for making at least 1,600 people sick with a severe gastrointestinal illness that causes watery diarrhea and abdominal cramping.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
They were places where people remembered each other: who was sick, who had disappeared, who had a new doctor, who was pretending to be fine.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
“In addition, recent illnesses may not yet be reported as it can take several weeks to determine if a sick person is part of an outbreak,” the CDC stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
“It lasts much longer than a stomach bug where you’re sick for a day and you bounce back.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The car parked before an office building; it took both the soldier and the driver to get the sick man up three flights of stairs.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
It means the elderly people who stay in homes with too few staff end up sicker, and have to go and stay in the hospital for longer.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
This movement among 20-somethings like myself is fueled in part by a concern about our physical and mental health as Americans live sicker for longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
But Rosie got sicker and a biopsy showed in 2024 that she did have terminal cancer.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
“I think he’s running out of steam,” a few of my D.C. happy hour comrades confessed Wednesday after the hearings, “Or he’s really sicker than he lets on.”
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
Charley was a really sick dog, and due to get sicker unless I could find some way to relieve the growing pressure.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
In 2023, the year Alice lost her daughter, OUH had the highest stillbirth rate compared to 25 specialist trusts that care for the sickest babies.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
Some of the sickest burns on the internet right now are coming out of the French Foreign Ministry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Carr, who oversees regulations for broadcast stations, called Kimmel’s remarks “the sickest conduct possible” and called for ABC to act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
The late-night host’s comments, Carr said, were “the sickest conduct possible.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
Each time we did, however, the youngest and the sickest got their bread and tea first.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
