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sickness

[sik-nis] / ˈsɪk nɪs /


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In reality, she is prone to motion sickness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

They’ll be using their current experience to do so, including the higher sickness and death rates they’re seeing thanks to a higher uninsured or underinsured population.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

But she had to pull out at the last minute, telling fans on Thursday that she had to cancel due to sickness.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

It has been used to treat West African sleeping sickness, a chronic illness spread by the tsetse fly.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

When someone falls sick, a shaman can contact the spirit that caused the sickness and try to pacify it or scare it away.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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