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sick as a dog









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Scott: Keith woke up the day that people are coming in, Sunday morning, and he is sick as a dog.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

“You have your child who is sick as a dog, you have no hope, you find CBD hemp, non-impairing, non-intoxicating,” Goldstein said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2024

I just returned from a trip where for one hour, I was subjected to the poison en route to the airport and now I’m sick as a dog and had to stay home from work.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2023

He also would be as sick as a dog the next day.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2013

Your old Troubadour is sick as a dog again today, but it will not prevent him from going to Magny's this evening.

From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by Aimée G. Leffingwel McKenzie




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