sickness
Example Sentences
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BrightHR, which monitors absences across more than one million UK employees, predicts at least 1.5 million workers will call in sick during the tournament, resulting in more than 2.3 million additional sickness absences.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The break saves him from headaches and heat sickness, but stretches his day to 12 or 13 hours.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
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
Garfield hated watching men die from wounds, but the greatest killer of the Civil War was sickness.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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