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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

An infected flea, although rare, can sicken pets, which are vulnerable to the disease, Chopra said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025

She warned that if the levels dipped close to zero, a Belle could faint, sicken, or even die.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

“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

In the U.S. alone, the bug sickens thousands and kills hundreds every year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024

“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

His leg pains flared up, flashed through his body, and the laundry odors, the steamy stench, all at once sickened him, picked him up and propelled him out the door.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Wildlife officials had found that many of these poisons worked their way through the food chain, sickening and killing owls, raptors, coyotes and mountain lions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 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

A British nurse grabs my arm and I feel the sickening lack of muscle, the bare nerve rolling between my skin and bone.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper