sickness
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Has your boss asked you to phone in about sickness?
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Her policy covers sickness and surgeries and death, and she pays extra to cover regular exams and annual vaccines.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
“I don’t struggle with motion sickness, but I was feeling kind of car sick.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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
“They have a water park with the world’s biggest underwater roller coaster. Once I pop a motion sickness pill, I can ride it for hours.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
So many of the family’s cattle fell ill that she no longer believed the sicknesses were a coincidence.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
"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
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
Nearly 30,000 people staying in schools, auditoriums and other evacuation centers worried about infections as cases of COVID-19 and other sicknesses popped up.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
In the past there had been sicknesses that spread from one cott to the next, with many deaths.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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