sicken
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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
These social gatherings were designed to deliberately sicken children to "get it over with" in the days before vaccines existed.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
“There are times, sugah, when you sicken me.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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
But the Grimmer family say that decision gave no consideration to "the victim of the crime", and describe the omission of Cheryl's name from the judgement as "something that sickens the family".
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
“It sickens me when I look at this great Exposition to think that it will be allowed to crumble to dust,” he said.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Nearly 13,000 people across 21 states had been sickened, 570 hospitalized and two had died after an outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
An unusually large flare-up of cyclosporiasis, a food-borne illness caused by the cyclospora parasite, has sickened more than 10,000 people, according to the CDC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"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
Thomas looked at Teresa, saw the sickened look on her face that surely mirrored his own.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
Sewage from Tijuana flows into Imperial Beach, Coronado and other parts of southern San Diego County, sickening swimmers and surfers, forcing beach closures and threatening Navy SEALs training in Coronado.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said it was as a "sickening and cowardly act of intimidation".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Even under the sickening fluorescents of the hallway, she was beautiful.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
