be ill with
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From spring, the second phase of vaccination will focus on the rest of the adult population - mainly under-50s, who are much less likely to be ill with Covid-19.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2021
Almost 200 others are thought to be ill with the virus, according to a Newsom administration official not authorized to speak publicly.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2020
Among those reported to be ill with influenza were Premier Aleksei Kosygin and President Nikolai Podgorny.
From Time Magazine Archive
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All the crew were forbidden to bring him food and drink even though he was beginning to be ill with a fever—the result of all the sufferings he had undergone.
From A Book of Quaker Saints by Hodgkin, L. V. (Lucy Violet)
The King was old, and ambitious politicians would not wish to be ill with his heir, if that could292 be avoided.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose