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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

These social gatherings were designed to deliberately sicken children to "get it over with" in the days before vaccines existed.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025

She warned that if the levels dipped close to zero, a Belle could faint, sicken, or even die.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Morgan condemned the "mindless vandalism", saying "it is the cost to the community that sickens me the most".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

In the U.S. alone, the bug sickens thousands and kills hundreds every year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024

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

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2023

“It sickens me when I look at this great Exposition to think that it will be allowed to crumble to dust,” he said.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

She felt betrayed, and sickened, but did not immediately end the relationship.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Nearly 13,000 people across 21 states had been sickened, 570 hospitalized and two had died after an outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

An unusually large flare-up of cyclosporiasis, a food-borne illness caused by the cyclospora parasite, has sickened more than 10,000 people, according to the CDC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Mark squirmed in his seat, sickened by the Toad’s words.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Wildlife officials had found that many of these poisons worked their way through the food chain, sickening and killing owls, raptors, coyotes and mountain lions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Market volatility has erased some funds’ value with sickening speed—most famously 2018’s “Volmageddon.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

It looks nice, normal, and as I watch them I have a sickening feeling that Scott and I will not bring our daughter here to play.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins




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