sic
Example Sentences
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The sic of it all is worth a little attention.
From Slate • Nov. 14, 2025
In February, she introduced a bill, AB 1038, that would allow hunters to sic trained dogs on bears to chase them through the woods, but not kill them.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
It won’t matter that Snyder tried to sic a private investigator on the commissioner.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2022
Whatever the substance of his personal feud with Mitchell may be, it comes shortly after his attempt to sic his followers on a journalist after being duped by a fake Twitter account.
From Salon • Sep. 28, 2021
But he didn’t come and he didn’t sic ’em.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
