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So it’s in our best interest to study and monitor anything that can spread quickly and sicken or kill folks.

From Salon ● May 11, 2026

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

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

But the disease would once again become endemic, meaning ever-present at some baseline level, like influenza, which sickens millions and kills thousands in the U.S. every year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025

“Gossip is an evil that destroys social life, sickens people’s hearts and leads to nothing,” the 88-year-old pontiff admonished.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024

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

“It’s shameful. It’s sickens you to your core.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

It sickens me to think that such an evil man can feel pity.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

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

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Residents from across Southeast Los Angeles County said they have been sickened by the constant odor of rotting food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The news arrived as the U.S. continues to deal with its largest-ever cyclospora outbreak, which has sickened thousands of people, particularly in Michigan, and been linked to two deaths of people with underlying health conditions.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

She could feel his smile even with her eyes closed, and it sickened her, but she propped up the corners of her mouth and forced herself to look at him.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Oshea Orchid, a local lawyer, filed the first class-action lawsuit in 2023 against the operators of the county’s second-largest landfill, alleging the fumes were sickening her neighbors, causing headaches and heart palpitations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Lam said the idea that Ahmed could not be deported due to a "decades-old law is as just absurd as it is sickening".

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Their offer of a safe place, a new home A sudden memory was followed by a sudden sickening panic.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss