- a variation of sic.
sick
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Mignon trained as an IKG nurse, working 20-hour shifts at a Jewish hospital for those too sick to be deported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The prosecution also alleges Chowdhury used sick notes from his doctor as part of the cover-up.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Norm was generally very private, and the idea of the whole world knowing he was sick was probably not something he wanted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
On Sept. 30, after days of in-person campaign events, Talarico made a virtual appearance at an event, saying he was sick.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
It was supposed to contain Mrs. Margaret O’Hana, but she’d gotten sick with the measles and hadn’t been able to make it to the performance that night.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“I was getting sicker and sicker,” he told People.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
These enrollees tend to be sicker and poorer than those on traditional Medicare.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The Argentine researchers found that the so-called “superspreaders” had higher viral loads, were sicker and had signs of liver damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Payments are adjusted for medical risk factors, so insurers are paid more to cover sicker beneficiaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Erasmus thought Charles seemed sicker than he had in a long time; they all hoped the water cure would help both him and Horace.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
To be in a cosy rut is about the sickest thing ever, I think.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Those potential costs led many state Medicaid programs and some health plans to restrict coverage of the drug to the sickest patients.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Bed-and-breakfast hotels turned into cheap boardinghouses, attracting Britain’s sickest and poorest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Separately, the NHS also records the number of the sickest patients in hospital with flu over the winter.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
Each time we did, however, the youngest and the sickest got their bread and tea first.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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