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sicken

[sik-uhn] / ˈsɪk ən /


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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

This helps explain how an ingredient called tara flour was able to sicken hundreds of people who consumed French Lentil + Leek Crumbles, a meat replacement product sold by Daily Harvest in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2024

“There are times, sugah, when you sicken me.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

I'm a massive fan of Unai Emery but the Ollie Watkins thing sickens you a bit, he was really let down by his striker last week.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

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

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

From New York Times Sep. 15, 2023

Faugh! it sickens me to think of it.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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

But a surge of cases in recent years, driven by falling vaccination rates, has threatened that elimination status and sickened thousands of people.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 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

Her voice sounded hoarse with hatred, and her own thoughts sickened her.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

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

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been a frequent critic of the food industry, which he has blamed for sickening Americans with ultraprocessed foods and chemicals.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Despite the uptick, officials say California is not included in the cyclosporiasis outbreak that’s hit 15 states, sickening tens of thousands of people with prolonged bouts of diarrhea.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

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

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

He would take it out of the pocket where he always kept it, with a flourish, display it to the sickening curiousity of the master, apprentices, journeymen, lady customers.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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