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sickening

[sik-uh-ning] / ˈsɪk ə nɪŋ /


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There is something profoundly sickening in the way this war with Iran is being discussed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

By sickening contrast, Nadja Spiegelman, an editor at the Times, and Jia Tolentino, a writer for the New Yorker, giggled their way through an interview with Mr. Piker.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Accumulating plastic waste is overwhelming waterways and oceans, sickening marine life and threatening human health.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Alfie's prediction: It's quite sickening for Spurs fans that we poached Thomas Frank from Brentford last summer and they have gone on to have their best-ever season.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

The smoke was foul; it had a sickening, fetid smell.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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