sickness
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Employers would see the creation of a return to work cover giving them a "strong economic incentive" to return an employee to work who has been off due to sickness.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Perpetuating these kinds of gravely serious illnesses extends the sickness past the confines of our own bodies, and into the world around us.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
“I’m crushed and wish mommy could’ve took all of the pain and sickness for you,” she later wrote on Facebook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The cost of sickness and disability benefits for people of working age has grown rapidly since the Covid pandemic and now stands at around £58bn a year, external.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
So what it amounts to is that there won’t be much I can do, not until I see how the sickness develops.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
"There are sicknesses and we can not find any cure," said 54-year-old Abu Khalil, who has been displaced to Rafah in southern Gaza.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2024
The buses were crowded with sicknesses spreading quickly.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Charles N. Hunter, who later wrote a critical report accusing General Stilwell of sending men still recovering from jungle sicknesses back into combat, which drew a Congressional investigation.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Breathing brings these particles deep into the lungs, where they can cause many different sicknesses, from coughs, headaches, and sore throats to asthma, lung problems, and even cancer.
From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 7, 2023
The three lines are organized by urgency, as in, those with sicknesses versus those of us dying today by some unknown force versus bored visitors.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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