sickened
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The E. coli 0157 outbreak has sickened at least nine children, the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
"I am appalled and sickened by Brand's actions and have co-operated fully and voluntarily with the investigation and endeavoured to assist as best I can," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The virus has sickened more than 9,500 people since the WHO declared the outbreak in May, with a fatality rate close to 50% in eastern Congo’s gold-mining heartland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The outbreak, the largest recorded cyclospora outbreak in U.S. history, sickened nearly 13,000 people across 21 states, hospitalizing 570 and killing two.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
Laboring, this woman who had carried her child as a foreign growth that sickened her every day, expelled it at last.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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