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sicken

[sik-uhn] / ˈsɪk ən /


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The problem with this line is that unvaccinated children can sicken infants and immuno-compromised children who can’t be inoculated, leaving some disabled or worse.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

Microplastics, along with ultra-tiny nanoplastics, can kill or severely sicken marine life before entering the food web and ultimately ending up on our plates.

From Barron's Jan. 22, 2026

Scotland driving at Greece's heart in a bid to sicken them again after sickening them at Hampden earlier in the group.

From BBC Nov. 15, 2025

Sea lions, he added, are like “sentinels of the sea,” providing clues about what is affecting the briny deep, such as toxins that sicken them and shifting fish populations that they chase.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2024

“There are times, sugah, when you sicken me.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Influenza, or flu, sickens millions of people across the globe each year and can lead to severe illness and death.

From Science Daily Mar. 1, 2024

‘I felt like I was robbed of time with my best friend. It just sickens me.’

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2023

And that are media continues to ignore/dismiss a very obvious reality sickens me.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2023

But the Grimmer family say that decision gave no consideration to "the victim of the crime", and describe the omission of Cheryl's name from the judgement as "something that sickens the family".

From BBC Jun. 15, 2023

Faugh! it sickens me to think of it.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

"They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive."

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

“They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive.”

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

To date, 15 states have reported high numbers of cyclosporiasis cases; the epicenter continues to be in Michigan, whose state public health department has reported more than 12,400 sickened residents, 279 hospitalizations and two deaths.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Over the past month, the restaurant industry overall has also struggled with a cyclcospora outbreak that has sickened thousands of people in the U.S. and has been linked to two deaths.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

Why then did these screams fill me with a shocked and sickened sorrow?

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

The cyclospora outbreak has become the nation’s largest of its kind, sickening thousands of people.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been a frequent critic of the food industry, which he has blamed for sickening Americans with ultraprocessed foods and chemicals.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Despite the uptick, officials say California is not included in the cyclosporiasis outbreak that’s hit 15 states, sickening tens of thousands of people with prolonged bouts of diarrhea.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

And I would be living within walking distance of a sickening number of farmers markets.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

I perceived that I was sickening from excitement and inanition; neither meat nor drink had passed my lips that day, for I had taken no breakfast.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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