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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

Donay tells the central guard I will sicken if he does not give me cardboard.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple

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

‘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

The smell clings to my nostrils and sickens my belly.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Thousands of Indonesians protested in Jakarta and other cities Wednesday against economic hardship, graft and the government's handling of devastating wildfires emitting a toxic haze that has sickened thousands.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 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

Person-to-person spread of pneumonic plague hasn’t been documented in the U.S. since 1924, according to the CDC, but there have been rare cases among people exposed to cats that were sickened by eating infected rodents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

As the days went on, the smell worsened, drawing swarms of flies and rats to the neighborhood, where they pestered and sickened locals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Her voice sounded hoarse with hatred, and her own thoughts sickened her.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

Indonesian schoolchildren prayed for rain on Thursday as another firefighter lost his life battling drought-fuelled blazes consuming forests and peatlands and blanketing parts of Southeast Asia in a sickening haze.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

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

“Somebody blundered. Boston should not have been left defenseless last night...it was a sickening scene and no hand was available to arrest the unlawfulness.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler


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