sicken
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The problem with this line is that unvaccinated children can sicken infants and immuno-compromised children who can’t be inoculated, leaving some disabled or worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Microplastics, along with ultra-tiny nanoplastics, can kill or severely sicken marine life before entering the food web and ultimately ending up on our plates.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
Scotland driving at Greece's heart in a bid to sicken them again after sickening them at Hampden earlier in the group.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
Factors outside our control have huge influence – especially products which can sicken or kill us, made by companies and sold routinely.
From Salon ● May 2, 2024
“There are times, sugah, when you sicken me.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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But the disease would once again become endemic, meaning ever-present at some baseline level, like influenza, which sickens millions and kills thousands in the U.S. every year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
“Gossip is an evil that destroys social life, sickens people’s hearts and leads to nothing,” the 88-year-old pontiff admonished.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024
Influenza, or flu, sickens millions of people across the globe each year and can lead to severe illness and death.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2024
But the Grimmer family say that decision gave no consideration to "the victim of the crime", and describe the omission of Cheryl's name from the judgement as "something that sickens the family".
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
“It sickens me when I look at this great Exposition to think that it will be allowed to crumble to dust,” he said.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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The salmonella outbreak overlaps with the nation’s largest-ever cyclospora outbreak, tied to shredded iceberg lettuce, that has sickened thousands of people over the past several weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Federal health authorities were preparing late last week to link Taylor Farms to a multistate parasitic infection that has sickened thousands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Nearly 2,000 people who ate food from Taco Bell have been sickened in those nine states during the outbreak, the agency said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
To start, if a person gets sickened from a food-borne illness, they might not seek medical care, Stevens said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
His ears burn at the sight, and he runs back into the house, sickened, certain of the insult his father will feel.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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And I would be living within walking distance of a sickening number of farmers markets.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
There are also challenges for local businesses, which say customers are staying away because the stench is so sickening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the incident "horrific" and "sickening" in a post on X.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
There is something profoundly sickening in the way this war with Iran is being discussed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
He’d never forget the sickening sight of his precious Crown Victoria, its win- dows painted as black as tar.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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