sickness
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The press praised Kate for eating avocados to help cure her morning sickness when she was pregnant in 2017.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Perpetuating these kinds of gravely serious illnesses extends the sickness past the confines of our own bodies, and into the world around us.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Chapters in the third person depict the ways that the dog’s uneventful daily life of feedings and naps has been transformed by sickness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
In a clip from the show, granddaughter Kim Kardashian detailed that her grandmother had survived colon cancer and breast cancer and, in her sunset years, struggled with sickness resulting from the cancer treatments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Still, a sickness comes upon us—we now call it the “summer sickness”—and many of our men are too weak to work.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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"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
Charles N. Hunter, who later wrote a critical report accusing General Stilwell of sending men still recovering from jungle sicknesses back into combat, which drew a Congressional investigation.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Nearly 30,000 people staying in schools, auditoriums and other evacuation centers worried about infections as cases of COVID-19 and other sicknesses popped up.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 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
In the past there had been sicknesses that spread from one cott to the next, with many deaths.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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