dehydration

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WASHINGTON—Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was taken to a hospital and given fluids for dehydration last month after attending a dinner in his honor in Philadelphia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

If I’ve learned one thing over the last 18 years I’ve covered Coachella, it’s that dehydration is serious business.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Israeli media reported that the incident could have been connected to the daycare's heating system, suggesting heat exhaustion and dehydration as possible causes.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Another patient, Ann, arrived by ambulance and was being treated for an infection and dehydration.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Most walked around in a state of critical dehydration and malnutrition and as a result were irritable, volatile, light-headed, bleary, nauseated, gaunt, and crampy.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand