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unwell

[uhn-wel] / ʌnˈwɛl /


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"We have got to have a better approach to patient safety in what are the most difficult and most vulnerable wards with the people who are the most unwell."

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

In its defense, Finch does not advertise itself as fixing the root of what is causing us to be so unwell.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

Feeling dizzy and unwell after cycling to work in Japan's punishing summer heat, warehouse worker Isao Tabuchi headed for his company's newest acquisition: a refrigerator for humans.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Bolleau went home “devastated, unwell physically and mentally, and forever changed.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Charles said that when Annie was unwell, “her mother lying down beside her seemed to soothe her in a manner quite different from what it would have done to any of our other children.”

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman




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