fall ill
Example Sentences
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Valeria added that she cannot afford to fall ill, fearing that she could "go into foreclosure" if saddled with hospital bills that would otherwise have gone to paying her mortgage.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
There were 17 outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis linked to farms in England and Wales in 2024 and an outbreak in south Wales earlier this year has seen dozens of people fall ill.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025
So, too, are their close contacts, who are at risk of acquiring latent TB from them if they fall ill.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025
Every year, millions of people around the world fall ill from tuberculosis and more than 1 million people die, despite the disease being preventable and curable.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
“If you kept me from working that long, I’d fall ill from shock.”
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
