sickness
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Rice, who suffered with a sickness bug in the lead-up to Saturday's quarter-final victory over Norway in Miami, was substituted at half-time.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Reports of sickness have emerged in other U.S. states as well.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Between 2020 and 2025, average officer sickness absence increased from around 11 to 21 days per year.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Hantavirus survivor says sickness was like 'hell on earth'
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Fa had told him about Mages: people who can heal sickness, and dream where the prey is and what the weather will do.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
"There are sicknesses and we can not find any cure," said 54-year-old Abu Khalil, who has been displaced to Rafah in southern Gaza.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2024
The buses were crowded with sicknesses spreading quickly.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Most startling, an additional 1,970 men at one point were hospitalized with sicknesses, including 72 with what was described as “psychoneurosis.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Breathing brings these particles deep into the lungs, where they can cause many different sicknesses, from coughs, headaches, and sore throats to asthma, lung problems, and even cancer.
From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 7, 2023
They are subject to all the sicknesses of other fowl, together with some they have invented.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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